Luimneach Vacations, Luimneach Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

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  Thatch has, in the most part, been replaced by slate and the thatched roof is actu...

So, I don't have many photos, mainly because I was so overwhelmed with everything we found here. Not only is Holycross a functioning church, but on a little road nearby we stopped at Farney Castle. This was quite the find! Cyril Cullen, his wife and 4 daughters have made Farney castle a home and shop. It is the only Round Tower in Ireland occupied as a family home. The first castle was built at Farney in 1185 built of wood and rebuilt around 1495 by the 7th Earl of Ormond, Thomas Butler. T...