Killarney Travel Blogs

The exact origins of most of these proverbs are now unknown, but the insights they contain remain timeless and universal.   IRISH PROVERBS   DEATH Death does not take a bribe.   Death is a poor man’s best physician.   Many a day we shall rest in the clay.   Th…

On our way to Killarney, we realized we were getting really hungry but didn’t want to stop to eat at a restaurant due to time constraints, so we stopped at a gas station and grabbed some goods.   I went for a pack of nuts and hazelnut yogurt.  You can’t get hazelnut yogurt in the US…

This weekend I with my friend made a short trek to the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin, there we have climbed mountain called Lugnaquillia. Lugnaquillia is with 925 m the 13rd highest peak in Ireland and the highest peak in Wicklow mountains. This trek was nice but short so for nex…

Our first overnight was in Killarney.  At this point I had really started to get along with a couple of girls, Taleah & Chesca, who were traveling together from Perth, Australia.  There also happened to be a couple of guys, Kieron & Dave, on the tour traveling …

Today we were just getting dressed for our tour of the Ring of Kerry when the fire alarm went off.  Scared everyone witless but it turned out to be a false alarm. Breakfast was very strange too. We all thought it was just cold cereal and cold items so everyone was near finished when out came t…

My tour of the Dingle Peninsula started early today at 10.30 After the amazing breakfast I headed to Dero’s tour office. Here is where I met one of the greatest ladies I have ever met. She is an amazing Texan who loves Ireland. She said she had been 4 times this year alone. Luckily she realized I…

Up for a tour called the Ring of Kerry. A hundred mile loop of the south-western most section of the island.  We were just getting dressed when the hotels' fire alam sounded. Wow, did that get our attention!  Turned out it was a false alarm, but sure did better than the cafeine in coffee …

    Woke up to a delicious Irish breakfast which included baked beans, potatoes, sausages, toast, tomato and mushrooms.  Afterwards it was off to the Muckross mansion, a HUGE place that belonged to the an English lord back in the day.  he had control over acres and acres of…

Monday was a chance for me to do the tour of Dingle peninsular. This was a smaller tour than the one for the ring of Kerry. Only ieght people came on the tour and only me from the Railway hostel. Again the scenery was spectacular and what great about the peninsular is that the width is only 8 m…

On our way to Killarney, we drive through the west of Ireland and took in the picturesque scenery.  We spent a few hours at the Cliffs of Moher, which was the most beautiful stop on the trip for me. I was so fortunate to experience weather in the high 60s and lots of sun during my week in…

The second and third days of the tour were simply Ireland at its most beautiful.  The Cliffs of Moher, the Burren, Blarney Castle- everything was breath-taking.  I couldn't care less that I had the most obnoxious lady on the whole tour sitting next to me during the bus ride; all I could t…

4.1.09 Ring of Kerry to Killarney   Happy April Fools Day!  In Ireland, after 12 noon, if anyone plays a prank on you, they are the Fools.  I was SO happy to inform the kids of that- they were insufferable today.   We enjoyed a twisty, bumpy ride around the northern part of …

It was not easy to find the hostel-Neptunes from the mall. Had to stop and ask a few times.  The most amazing thing was that I got 8 people room for myself the first night.  Excellent, finally a long overdue sleep...    Anyhow, I found Killarney  to be very deli…

Woke up a little late, but had the ingenious idea to go on a walking "safari" around the city of Killarneyfor a couple of hours.  That idea quickly faded when the bike shop next door was hiring them for all day use for only 12.50, so I took a city/trail hybrid bike with a nice seat and full as…

Day three: Ring of Kerry   This day we decided to drive the Ring of Kerry. We drove into town first to grab a few brochures from the tourist information office. We wanted to know a little bit about the places we were planning to drive through.   We didn’t realize until we were on …