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I guess there is this thing about being a June bride for girls. I don't know, I'm a typical guy and really don't pay attention to these kinds of thing. Naturally there was no tour event planned for today, just one very nice wedding. I almost even cried....but I didn't. So enjoy the pictures.

Quick stop off in Adare and Bunratty for some more touristy things.  Bunratty Castle is historical site, complete with people dressed in period clothing and re-enactments of daily life from way back when.(Again, I apologize for the lack of great explanation involved in these entries, I honestly can't remember much from seven years ago...)

I had requested that we go to the village of Adare.   Claimed to be Ireland's prettiest village, it is nestled in the wooded valley of the River Maigue.   Although, in my humble opinion, it is probably only one of a hundred "pretty villages", it was still worth the stop.  It does, to it's credit, have a number of well-maintained thatched cottages alongside the road.  Thatch has, in the most part, been replaced by slate and the thatched roof is actu...

The small town of Adair was our first glimpse at thatched roofs.  Some new and still very light colored and others older and much darker in color.  One business building along the street where our bus parked must have been two different owners because one end was newly changed and the other was old and very dark. We also got a nice chance to see the oldest church.  It was originally built as a Trinitarian Monastery in 1230AD.  They built things strong and long lasting bac...