We had a late start to the morning but the timing of the drive and everything put us past the morning rain once we arrived at our first destination.
Our first stop was a beach in Inch. It was a bit windy and crowded but the beach views were great. (It was saddening to see a dead dolphin washed up in the sand with multiple holes in him like he was shot several times or something.) I did climb up to a cool rock shelf for some more pictures and after buying some fruit (and a can of Pringles @ ~$4.50 (!!!)) at a local shop we were off again.
On our way to Dingle we took the ‘road less travelled’ and ran into an Irish gentleman who explained a bit about the area, a local well, and a castle we were standing next to. He also blessed us before driving off.
Next it was lunch time in a parking lot in Dingle. We ate in the car staring out into the bay. After that we started on the superb Slea Head drive.
There are lots of pull-offs and picturesque spots along the drive and we stopped at several, just like we had done 1.5 years ago when doing the Slea Head drive previously. There’s a specific spot you see often in photographs taken out on a point that looks back at two beaches and I made sure to get a panorama from that spot.
We were then off to the Gallarus Oratory with a side detour allegedly leading to a castle that we couldn’t find. Gallarus had more people than on our previous trip but we were still able to get pictures of the rock church itself w/o anyone else in it… but it was tedious for a bit. It certainly wasn’t as awesome as the previous trip where we had the entire place to ourselves but it was still good.
We headed back towards the townhouse we’re staying in in Killarney, got stuff for dinner, and ate dinner at the townhouse. There was some kind of game going on – rugby? soccer? hurling? – but I managed to squeeze into a semi-empty pub for a pint before the night ended. Amber made spaghetti and it was quite good! The italian you get out in restaurants here is usually pretty bad (compared to the States, anyway) so it was nice to have a good italian meal here. The garlic bread was great, too!
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- Beach at Inch
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- Min Aird Castle
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- Holy Well near Min Aird Castle
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- Random Beach
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- Random Beach
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- Random Beach
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- Random Beach
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- Gallarus Oratory
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- Inside Gallarus Oratory
