Category: The Emerald Isle

There is no big rush today…….loads of time to make the roughly 3-4 hour trip from Killarney to Malahide, where we started this journey, just north of Dublin and very close to the airport. Staying again at the Grand Hotel. We have no plans, but Jutta thinks we should stop in Adare and visit Adare…

Today we will play our last round of golf in Ireland (this trip, not forever) at Waterville, another of the many highly regarded courses on this island that is usually on everyone’s itinerary. It is located at the western end of the famous Ring of Kerry, on the Atlantic Coast, and we plan to drive…

Another early rise this morning, and we plan to meet Sibylle for breakfast at our usual 7-7:15………Jutta is usually out the door on time while I lag behind taking all I need for the day down with me. J&S always make one last stop in the room before coming out to the car……I am sure…

Following our day off, we are rested and ready for the much anticipated Ballybunion……..we visited here on the way down from Lahinch and thought it seemed like a really busy place, processing and firing busloads of golfers out onto the course, but this morning it is a much more relaxed………J&S head straight for the pro…

Today we have a day off…….well that being said, if you know Jutta and Sibylle…………you know that never happens. Plans are discussed, and as Jutta and I always do in situations like this, we select a target…………we planned to explore the Dingle Peninsula today anyway, with our primary target being the town of Dingle, but…