Breakfast: In the hotel.
Morning: We depart Cork by motor coach for Killarney, via Blarney Castle – home of the famous Blarney Stone. Tradition dictates that the gift of eloquence is conferred on all those who kiss the stone!
Lunch: Served in Blarney.
Afternoon: We continue on to Killarney, and en-route we’ll enjoy a visit to Muckross House, a magnificent Victorian mansion spectacularly situated close to the eastern shore of Muckross Lake. As we arrive into the town, we’ll then have a short orientation walk around the local area.
Dinner: Three course served and plated dinner In the hotel.
Evening: At leisure.
After another great coffee at the Bookshelf and breakfast at the hotel we left Cork behind and headed to Blarney Castle.
We both kissed the Blarney Stone! I swore I would never do such a thing and risk an unidentified lip fungus or worse. And we were concerned about the physical demands of the climb for Barb – but we made it and both kissed the stone.
We then travelled to the historic Muckross House in Killarney. No photos were allowed inside, but just imagine Downton Abbey. (We saw the rooms where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert stayed when they visited just months before Albert’s death.
No time to visit local pubs or breweries, but there is a nice pub here in the beautiful Lake Hotel with some local brews.
