Ireland Travel Tales

  • A Visit to Ross Castle

    I was so excited to take my family to Killarney when we visited in 2008 as I had enjoyed the area so much when I visited as a single person in 2002.  Yes, it is the most touristed area in Ireland- but that’s for good reason.  It’s the base for most Ring of Kerry tours, the lakes…

  • Following the Signs

      Every time I see this sign it makes me smile.  We had just left the Cliffs of Moher, heading for our B&B in Doolin.  Not a quarter mile before this sign the speed limit had increased.  It may have been the irony that made it so funny at the time, but I think there…

  • At the Cliffs of Moher

    I took this photo on our second day in Ireland at the Cliffs of Moher. It was my daughter’s first trip to the Emerald Isle- she had just turned 1- as well as my husband’s. Much about the Cliffs of Moher has changed since that trip- when we returned in 2008 a new visitor’s center…