[Sca-cooks] OT: Trip to Ireland

[Cathy Harding]

There is a wonderful restaurant in the Temple Bar (above the fly fishing
place.  It is called the Old Mill.  We had a duck salad that was excellent
and a bunch of other yummy stuff (It's early, I haven't had my Dr. Pepper
yet.)

Maeve

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Robin Carroll-Mann schrieb:
>
> After several years delay (buying a house put us off-schedule), my
> lord and I are finally going to Ireland.  We will be there from Sept.
> 10 - 21.  We are flying into Shannon and departing from Dublin.
> We have booked a "self-drive tour" with a rental car and vouchers
> for B&Bs.  Our vague plan is to drive a semi-circular route along the
> southern coast from Shannon to Dublin.  At this point, our only
> must-sees along the way are the Ring of Kerry, the Craggaunowen
> Project, Blarney Castle, the Waterford factory, and Kilkenny City.

I would definitely include Glendalough, an early
Irish monastery with surviving 9th century
buildings and a nice (though unfortunately not
overwhelmingly informative) visitor center.
Definitely allow a day or three for Dublin, too -
the National Museum is stunning (and free, or used
to be when I did a year at Trinity back in
'96/97), the Viking Centre is somewhere between
cute and wow (though pricey), and you should take
the time for the Trinity Library and a few
churches (none that old in the city, but quite a
few with foundations going that far back). Also,
by all means do some exploring along the south
bank of the Liffey. Everybody keeps talking about
'Georgian Dublin', but I found that particluar
part incredibly boring. 'Victorian Dublin' on the
other hand is architecturally quite intriguing,
and chock-full of bookshops, music stores and pubs
(pricey and not at all 'authentic', but fun to be
in).
New Grange is a matter of taste - impressive, but
sort of stone age (which it is, to be fair).


> Any recommendations for places to visit/stay/shop/eat?  Since my
> persona is 10th century Irish, things related to that era would be of
> particular interest.  Oh, and I don't do beer or ale.  At all.  Is cider
> readily available in pubs?

I can only speak for the Dublin area, but I always
found something to drink in the usually wide
choice offered, and I don't drink any kind of
alcohol.

Giano

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