20/5/2019 Monday

We set off for Cork via a circuitous route through Kilkenny to Waterford and then to Cork via the Coast.

The countryside is as beautiful as I expected. Kilkenny castle is very busy with lots of school groups (last week of Semester) so we pass on a lcloser visit.

Waterford Crystal was stunning but we decided to forgo a tour for a walk as the weather is so lovely.

We stroll around the Viking Triangle taking in Christ Church Cathedral, GreyFriars, the Dragon Slayers sword and Reginald’s Tower.

After a lovely couple of hours we hopped in the car and took the coastal route to Corke.

Ireland is so lovely yet I still got a sense of the hard life Meghan had spoken of in her talk at the Museum the day before, in some places…

Onwards to Corke. We particularly wanted to visit County Corke as Rob’s mum Hazel’s Family has ancestral ties to this area.

We visited beautiful St. Fin Barre’s, the old fort and did a small walking circuit that we happened across.

Busy day! Dinner at Mrs Fish’s (yum – top 5 in Cork) then about an hour’s drive back to our accommodation.

I spent the whole drive home trying to capture the beautiful light flooding across the hills…