CLIFFS OF MOHER, DOONBEG, AND TRALEE!!

Today was a BIG day for Timmy—he was going to drive all of us (ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD) down the coast to Tralee, Ireland.

We picked up our car and Tim tried his hardest to convince the salesman to become our official driver!  It was a big NO GO, so Tim got behind wheel and we were off!  First stop: Cliffs of Mohr.

After about an hour and a half (on the narrowest of roads you ever saw), we arrived safely and soundly, thanks to our AMAZING driver! (Kudos, Tim!)

The views overlooking the Atlantic Ocean were spectacular!  There were bus loads of people milling around with a busker stationed here and there entertaining us all.  My videos aren’t loading (thanks, Blogger🙄), so sit back and pretend to listen to some pleasant Irish folk music!

Our next stop of the day was Doonbeg, home of Trump International Golf Links & Hotel!  What can I say, it was beautiful!

We got to ride the Shannon Ferry, the only vehicle ferry trip on the main spine of the Wild Atlantic Way.  It is “a memorable 20 minute journey across the estuary linking the iconic tourist destinations of the Banner County of Clare to the Kingdom of Kerry.”  

We left this part of our trip open so that we could be flexible in what we wanted to see and where we wanted to go.  That meant, we had no reservations for the next few nights.  John and Tim worked on it the and found that, unbelievably, EVERYTHING was booked!  They ended up finding rooms at the lovely Rose Hotel in Tralee.  We enjoyed a delicious American-ish dinner, and proceeded to look for rooms for the next couple of nights.

It took us awhile (a LONG while!), but we finally found an Airbnb in Kinsale, a town on the southern coast of Ireland in County Cork for the next two nights.  Can’t wait to explore this area of Ireland!