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We found our way out Dublin and hit the open road. Our stomachs planned our next stop and it was great, Kildare. We had a filling lunch at the local pub and then traveled over to The Grey Abbey, erected in 1260. It is ruins now and an outlet mall sits behind it, but it was fun to wander around.
After being in the car about an hour it was time to stretch the legs and when we saw a castle high upon a hill, that was the place to stop! The Rock of Cashel would have been so cool to tour but we missed closing by more than an hour. That didn't stop us from climbing around the muddy exterior and getting some lovely views.
I would love to visit the town of Cashel agian, but not the town of Bruff. Bruff was our first B&B and they did NOT have our reservation!!!! Thankfully they had space, but after the screaming children and barking dogs I had enough. There was one pub in town and we did have fun sitting there for 3+ hours but we didn't want to stay any longer in town come morning.
We left Bruff by 10am the next day and started to Dingle. Driving those narrow roads are so much easier in the daylight!! Although I still screamed at every oncoming car, but it was a more comfortable scream. Our route took us through Newcastle West, charming little town with nicely maintained walk paths and a castle in the center of town. We then started our drive to the B&B outside Dingle, it was such a remote area that the GPS wouldn't even pick it up, but we found it!
The view outside our window were sheep and the second tallest mountain in Ireland, beautiful. The B&B owner laid out a wonderful path for us to tour, but of course we managed to miss every single site she circled for us on the map. Our new plan is to find them in the morning after a filling breakfast! In the mean time we drove around the Dingle penninsula and thoroughly enjoyed the views.
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