Although I was dismayed to discover that the majority of our Scotland photos have vanished, the fact that I lost all of my Loch Ness pictures pains...

We spent a whole day just driving through the Highlands on the way to Loch Ness, stopping every so often to just take in the natural beauty of the ...

From Stirling on, I'm virtually unable to find our pictures.  We stayed the night here, toured Stirling Castle and learned about the Argyle an...

In true tourist fashion, we had to pay hommage to the other side of the family and visit Dumfries and Galloway.  We stopped for lunch in New G...

Quick tour around the city.  I had been to Scotland once before, but only to Edinburgh, about four years before with my mom.  We pretende...

While spending a few days with Danny, my mom's favorite cousin, he gave us directions to the "family castle" and told us we had to see it bef...

When we had stopped in Cork, I had noticed a sign for greyhound racing at a nearby racetrack and had wanted to check it out.  Unfortunately,...

Quick stop off in Adare and Bunratty for some more touristy things.  Bunratty Castle is historical site, complete with people dressed in perio...

At the time of this trip, I was dating a guy whose last name was Ross.  Naturally, when I noticed a sign for a Ross Castle while driving throu...

Listowel was a cute little town where I was introduced to Guinness for the first time.  I fell in love and haven't looked back since. =) ...

The castle is old and magnificent, and the surrounding area, in my opinion, epitomizes Ireland - green, mystical and beautiful. Once you get over ...

In typical tourist fashion, we stopped in Blarney to kiss the Blarney Stone.  Yes, it's a bit cheesy, but I rather enjoyed the experience.&nbs...

On our way to Blarney the next morning, my father insisted we stop at the Old Middleton Distillery outside of Cork for whiskey tasting.  As I ...

My mother drug us to see the master craftsmen at work before we were allowed to leave Waterford. The finished products are, of course, beautiful -...

After leaving Waterford, we stopped in Kilkenny on our rather roundabout route to Cork.  We took in Kilkenny castle, then continued on our way...

We spent the night in Waterford, and on our way to Cork the next day, we of course had to make a stop off at the crystal factory.  Apparentl...

On the way out of Dublin the next day, we stopped in Glendalough to take in some absolutely breathtaking scenery.  I've always loved cem...

Our whirl-wind trip to Ireland began with a one-night stay in Dublin.  Upon arriving, we discovered that my luggage was missing, so naturally ...

Plane tickets for three: $3000Food, lodging and car rental for three weeks: $1500Being 100% Celtic and finally coming "home": PricelessUnfortunatel...