More Kilkenny and also Waterford

So, I didn’t post anything on the blog yesterday, and it’s these guys’ fault:

They were three generations of the same family, grandfather, father, and son, and they were playing music in the Hibernian last night. Penny and I lingered over dinner and dessert and drinks to listen to them. Also chatted with a friendly couple from Dublin. It wound up being a later night than we had planned, and I was too tired to blog.

Earlier in the day, we took a walking tour with this fine gentleman dressed as William Marshall, one of the key figures in medieval Kilkenny.

He was fantastic. Knowledgeable, fun, and actively excited about the information he was sharing. It was one of the best tours I’ve been on.

After that, we went wandering on our own, mainly visiting the various churches and cathedrals in Kilkenny. Here are some pictures:

After that, of course, was dinner and music and a late night.

We were up fairly early this morning and took the train to Waterford for the day. We took a walking tour around the city, then wandered and shopped and ate and generally killed time until it was time to take the train back.

And again, here are some pictures:

We also went to the Irish Wake Museum, which was kinda cool, but it was mainly multimedia presentations about the changing rituals of death in Ireland over the years, so not a lot of good picture opportunities.

Then, in the end, it was back on the train to Kilkenny.

We’ve got an early train out of the city tomorrow, moving on to Belfast for the next leg of our vacation.

So, oiche mhaith agaibh!