Thursday, October 3, 2019

Ireland Road Trip Part 7 Kenmare 1st Day

Next day we awoke to torrential rain and howling winds.
The B&B owner said there was no need to rush off as there was no-one coming to have our room that night, so we spent a leisurely morning hoping the rain would ease. It was only about 60 miles to our next B&B so we left about midday.
On the way we saw a sign saying Molly Gallivan's cottage "open".
We thought if anyone was brave enough to open in that weather we would take a look.

"Molly Gallivan’s 200 year old Cottage & Traditional farm is a family run Visitor Centre. At Molly Gallivan’s you will experience the simple country lifestyle in rural Ireland before the days of electricity & modern conveniences. Her farm is complete with animals, fowl & traditional farm machinery. On the farm you will also visit the ghostly ruins of a family dwelling from the era of the Great Famine and a Neolithic Stone Row that forms part of an ancient sun calendar."

The lines visible in this photo is the rain!








The Druid and the sun calendar carved from a pine tree. (With rain spots on the camera)

Sheen Valley.
Then it was onto Kenmare to dry off!

5 comments:

  1. Everything sure is nice, even with the rain. We love the stream and the falls!

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  2. A different way of life. Such small rooms. That was the thing back in the day.

    Wonderful adventure you had. Thanks for sharing it with us.

    Have a fabulous day and weekend. ♥

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  3. Dad always wanted to live like that. Ah dreams

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  4. what a fascinating cottage !!! weezer would have loved to have visited this; it's too bad they didn't know about this back when they went. its a shame the day was spoiled by rain { wonder how the country fared this past week with lorenzo headed that way } I have a sheep skin just like the one hanging on the rocker; I THINK it came from cork. :) ♥♥♥

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  5. Like the Lakes, Eire seems to have plenty of the rain, LOL
    That house /home looks much like a Black House in Scotland; dark dank and with little comforts. We are soo lucky theses days.
    ERin

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