IRELAND TRIP DAY # 5: Cork-Blarney-Cashel-Galway. Morning departure from Cork. Our next stop, Blarney Castle, is home to the blarney stone (optional admission), which legend has it bequeaths the “gift of eloquence” to all who kisses it. Time to shop at the woolen mills or stop in Christy’s Pub for a Pint! We travel north to Cashel. We visit the impressive Rock of Cashel. The Rock of Cashel, with its well preserved ecclesiastical remains, is one of Irelands most spectacular landmarks, rising above the surrounding plain and dominating the land route southward. The large Cathedral, ancient round tower and the very early Romanesque Cormacs Chapel , perched on a dramatic outcrop of rock, were silent witnesses to many of the stirring events of Irish History; St. Patrick converted the local King Aenghus, here in the 5th century; Brian Boru was crowned King of Ireland on this spot in the early 11th Century (PUB STOP) We continue through Ireland’s rugged Burren Landscape to youthful bustling Galway City. In the 1400’s, there began in Galway the rule of the Tribes, as the leading fourteen families were called. Their names were Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy, Deane, Font, French, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris, and Skerritt. (PUB STOP) Time today to browse “Shop Street” as well as the lively pubs that dot the city. Overnight Imperial Hotel. STAY ALERT FOR DAY # 6 ;-)
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:31:45 +0000
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