Kinsale to Kilkenny
Got up late this morning, at around 7:45. I
slept in while Diane got prepped for the day. Breakfast in the hotel was
followed by a quick walk to the Craft, a silversmith store run by Mr. Dolan and
his son. They both make all the jewelry in the store. He's a 7th generation
silversmith and his son is the 8th. His granddaughter has her own small hammer
in the shop too. But, the son wants her to become a lawyer to make
money.
Mr. Dolan is an artist, stopping one line of jewelry as soon as it becomes popular. He is very sociable and we talked for quite a while. They have a website and use a Mac to run the site and the whole business (Go Apple!). We chatted about porno emails filling up our email inboxes! But, we'll have to send him some email once we get back to the States. Diane bought a beautiful, smooth silver ring, inset with an amethyst.
On our drive to Kilkenny, we stopped at a castle and church graveyard. No reason, we just stopped. The grounds were off-limits, but we still got some good pictures.
We arrived at Kilkenny, drove around, and parked in a multistory car park. Our room wasn't ready, so we walked to St. Canice's Cathedral, a Church of Ireland place (protestant). Then, we went back to our hotel and had some sandwiches across the street at Kafe Katt. We checked in and got a room that was insanely beautiful, immense, and very reasonably priced. It was the Hibernian Hotel. After scoping out our room, we walked around some more. We saw St. Mary's (Catholic) Cathedral, Kilkenny castle (official tour), and the Dominican Black Abbey.
We went for drinks to Syd's pub on High Street. I had my 6th & 7th Guinness and Diane had her 11th/12th Bulmer's.
We ate dinner at a nice Italian place called Ristorante Rinuccinis. Nothing spectacular, except for the insanely drunk ugly American who was harassing an old Irish couple sitting across from her.
After dinner, we went to the Hibernian's Bar. We had three Bailey's on ice and I had a Paddy's whiskey on ice. I think that Jameson's is much better.
Mr. Dolan is an artist, stopping one line of jewelry as soon as it becomes popular. He is very sociable and we talked for quite a while. They have a website and use a Mac to run the site and the whole business (Go Apple!). We chatted about porno emails filling up our email inboxes! But, we'll have to send him some email once we get back to the States. Diane bought a beautiful, smooth silver ring, inset with an amethyst.
On our drive to Kilkenny, we stopped at a castle and church graveyard. No reason, we just stopped. The grounds were off-limits, but we still got some good pictures.
We arrived at Kilkenny, drove around, and parked in a multistory car park. Our room wasn't ready, so we walked to St. Canice's Cathedral, a Church of Ireland place (protestant). Then, we went back to our hotel and had some sandwiches across the street at Kafe Katt. We checked in and got a room that was insanely beautiful, immense, and very reasonably priced. It was the Hibernian Hotel. After scoping out our room, we walked around some more. We saw St. Mary's (Catholic) Cathedral, Kilkenny castle (official tour), and the Dominican Black Abbey.
We went for drinks to Syd's pub on High Street. I had my 6th & 7th Guinness and Diane had her 11th/12th Bulmer's.
We ate dinner at a nice Italian place called Ristorante Rinuccinis. Nothing spectacular, except for the insanely drunk ugly American who was harassing an old Irish couple sitting across from her.
After dinner, we went to the Hibernian's Bar. We had three Bailey's on ice and I had a Paddy's whiskey on ice. I think that Jameson's is much better.
Castle on the side of the
road:
The Black Abbey:
The Black Abbey:
Posted: Wed - September 10, 2003 at 06:47 PM
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