Once upon a time the Rock of Fergus, also known as Carrickfergus Castle dominated the Antrim Coastline of Ireland. It was originally constructed in the twelfth century and occupies a promontory that projects out into the Belfast Lough. The guides and guidebooks both tell that the Rock of Fergus is the oldest and most well…
I’ve traveled to Ireland three times now. In November of 2007 I arrived with a group of friends. We had a fabulous Thanksgiving party. In July of 2008 I was in Ireland in part to find my ancestral home, Malahide Castle in County Dublin but also to see my friend Branden graduate from Queens University…
The Merchant was a bank in Belfast Northern Ireland. Now it is a fabulous five star hotel and spa. On the evening after our return to Belfast from the south of Ireland four of us took a cab over there to enjoy their bar for some really fine drinks. We did this same thing four…
When I was in Ireland four years ago we never got to go over the rope bridge that extends across a gully and over to a small island where there was in fact a small house which served as the base camp for a Salmon fishing business. I believe it was closed then due to…
Monday March 7 we took off up the coast of Ireland exploring on our own. Alas I lost my semi Irish Navigator Branden, but nevertheless we managed to have a full day of driving up and down the coast and appear to have survived rather unscathed. First stop was Carrikfergus. When I was in Ireland…
We essentially spent the day traveling from Galway to Belfast. I got to drive again and that was nice for me and a nice break for Branden. And the others had nice conversations in between naps. We managed yet another full Irish breakfast and because of that opted for a late lunch in Newry along…
Well, what we found was that it really wasn’t all that long a way to Tipperary even though we did cover a lot of miles or is that kilometers. We started out in Cahir after a lovely night’s rest in Cahir. We had arrived the night before and while it was dark and quite cold…
Have you ever had a map troubles get there? We had a lovely map but what’s on the map isn’t on the road. We had attempted to use the back roads instead of the major thoroughfare but the severe lave of signs and anything that was recognizable between the map and the actual road kept…
Well, we arrived in Boston unscathed. We managed to get to the correct flight desk and received our tickets. Getting through all the new security was a breeze primarily because we weren’t rushed like cattle. And we appeared to have made an interesting friend during the process. While we were standing there waiting our turn…