Well, our formal tour of Ireland is over today. Carol and I are staying over in Dublin two more days and we’ll probably take a city tour and walk around the area where this hotel is.
The tour company encourages the tour directors to take their people to little spots off the beaten track and not normally visited by the bus tours. “Hidden treasures” is what they call them. Today Valerie took us to one such hidden treasure, a shrine called Tobernalt, the Holy Well, where local Catholics met and worshipped in secret when they were being persecuted for their faith.
Carol and I had signed up for a scenic cruise on the River Shannon. Shannon is the longest river in Ireland, England or Scotland; 260 miles long and navigable for 230. The cruise was fun and the musicians aboard were good but “scenic”? not particularly. Ireland is pretty flat in the Shannon Valley so not much to see. Here is a shot of Carrick on Shannon where we began and ended our cruise.
We came straight down M4, the main road from Sligo to Dublin making a stop at an overlook for Arrow Lake. There is a metal sculpture there representing an ancient Celtic Chieftain.
Our last stop was at the Abbey at Boyle. A ruined Celestine Abbey.
Tom
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Thanks for taking us along! It was most enjoyable.
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