Wednesday, August 15, 2012

On the road to Killarney

After our stop at the Cliffs of Moher we'll continue on to our hotel in Killarney, approximately three hours south.  We'll make a stop about a half hour before Killarney for lunch in Tralee.  In other words, for those of us who don't sleep on the flight over we'll have time for a good nap during the drive.

While in Tralee we'll take a few minutes to drive by the Blennerville Windmill, the largest working mill in Ireland.  It was built in 1800 but was largely abandoned by 1850; it has been restored and is once again operational, producing five tons of flour per week (according to Frommer's, anyway - I haven't been able to confirm that fact with other sources).


After lunch we'll travel the last half hour to Killarney, where we'll check into our hotel, the Killarney Avenue.  If all goes according to plan we should reach the hotel between 2 - 3 PM.

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