Killarney, Kerry

We nearly missed this wonderful visit-to Muckross house and Muckross Traditional farms- oh if we only had longer..

Muckross house - Queen Victoria visited here and it ended up bankrupting the family- simply because all of the improvements the family made to the house for her visit.  The house is now owned by the Irish people and full of Victorian furniture etc- but alas no cameras allowed inside.

But the traditional farms on the same estate were full of photo opportunities.

Peat being stacked in the background.

Bed for all the kiddies!

Donkey power

Kel loved looking at the machinery- we even tasted soda bread in the house where a 'farm hand' had the fire lit and the smoke pervading the house.

I loved the rustic craft on display- the make and do evidence- reminded me of our farm life with six kids- 'are six kids the normal family in Australia I was asked...'

So many more photos- but we stopped for a late lunch at Adare and look where we had lunch...

in one of these thatched cottages kitted out as a cafe- circa 1828.

Then heading to Doolin for the night but a late afternoon stop at the Cliffs of Moher..
6.00 euros each to park the car- so many streams of cars, buses, people dotting the horizon towards the vantage points.  But what a view- green fields all around and the cows grazing have the best view of all.

Even an O'Brien tower

We walked it!

A last view.

Then down into Doolin.