Wednesday, May 14th & Thursday, May 15th & Friday, May 16th

We began our last full day in Dublin with the Epic Emigration Story Self-Guided Tour via an excellent app.

We had fun watching school groups while enjoying a very tasty lunch at the Epic Center.

On our way to our Guinness tour we visited Saint Patrick’s Park & Cathedral.

The Guinness Tour is a self-guided tour of 6 levels and of course ends with a toast -“Slainte” and a small glass of Guinness. Then on to the 7th level bar wherein one has a ticket for their choice of one pint of one of the Guinness beers. Connie found that her new favorite Guinness is their Hop House Lager 13 and Laurette’s is Guinness Clear!

Following our Guinness stop we headed to ThaiSpice restaurant – an excellent, quality restaurant.

The evening ended with packing and re-packing for our big adventure – The 13 Day Irish Experience.

Thursday, May 15th

Our “Irish Experience Tour” begins!

Meeting at Point A Hotel to join our group of 16. Luggage in the boot and off we go in a beautiful 28 passenger tour vehicle…. Lots of room for our group to spread out.

Our group of 16 are all from the United States! 8 of the group are from upstate NY and are traveling together. We have a couple from Wilmington, NC; a couple from San Diego; and 2 friends from WA who are master swimmers.

Our “Irish Experience” tour guide is 6’6” gregarious Leigh. Leigh was his birth name and after seeing his name penned as Lee by others for many years he adopted the spelling of Lee as his own.

First stop just outside of the Wicklow Mountains National Park in Glendalough. The “Round Tower” (well preserved) and a cathedral.

Second stop at an abandoned mine with an awesome safety record until bought by a US company.

A Hollywood, IR does exist and they have a sign!

Lunch stop at a service station.

Kilkenny; castle; walking tour with “ Shenanigans” (a magician).

Accommodations (Kilford Hotel) & Dinner (Langton’s)

Music at Langton’s very slow tempo; 2 guys on guitars)