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Slow train to Killkenny

To be fair, the train wasn’t all that slow, but it took far longer to get from Killarney to Kilkenny than one would expect, looking at a map. Basically, you have to take the train back to Dublin, then out to Kilkenny. So, it wound up being about five and a half hours travelling.

And, as usual, it was hard to leave Killarney, and Larkinley Lodge, and Toni and Danny. I just love it there.

So, most of the day was travel. We got to our hotel in Kilkenny around three, dropped our bags off, and went to find some food.

Matt the Miller’s is where I had dinner the first night in Kilkenny on my last trip, and it worked this time, too. I was especially hungry, because all I’d had to eat all day was a Kind bar.

We also took a bit of a stroll around, stopped in at the tourist information office, and got some leads on some tours. We decided to do a Haunted Killkenny tour this evening, and it was great. The guide was an archaeologist that works in the local museum, a was both extremely knowledgeable and very entertaining.

No pictures, though, because no ghosts showed up. Good, grisly stories, though.

And that’s about it for today.

No More Delay!

So, I pulled the trigger today and bought my tickets for my Ireland trip next year. Also booked some places to stay, because I was on a roll booking stuff.

Thus far, I’ve booked a week in Dublin and a week in Galway, with one week still up in the air. I want to take things a little easier, this trip, with more opportunity to soak up the feel of the places I visit, and wander a bit more away from tours and such. I’m still planning on doing some day tours and stuff, but my experience from my last Ireland trip1 has given me more confidence in finding my way around on my own, and in finding things to do without such a structured schedule.

So, yeah, a week hanging around Dublin2, same thing in Galway. The last week3, I’m trying to decide if I want to pick one more city, or if I want to split it between two. Maybe back to Belfast, or Kilkenny, or Cork, or Killarney, or Doolin, or maybe somewhere new like Waterford or Limerick, or even Clare Island or Inismór.

Still, I’ve got a little time to sort that out: my trip’s not until next May.

If you’re interested, you can see my very preliminary itinerary here. It’ll grow and become much more precise as the year goes by.

  1. And my UK trip, as well. [↩]
  2. With maybe a day trip here and there. [↩]
  3. Actually the first week in the schedule. [↩]