View Full Version : A quick trip to Ireland
mumof2
20-04-2009, 03:45 PM
Tuesday 14th/Wednesday 15th April
Granny collected us for our few days in Ireland at 7pm, after driving for around an hour we hit rain - lots of rain. :thumbsdown:
It was very heavy rain and poor Granny had to drive through it for a loooong time. After a couple of wrong turns due to roadworks, bad road signs and too much rain we arrived at Pembroke Harbour at 12.30am Weds morning.
Luckily it had dried up by then so when we boarded at around 2am and settled down in our cabin (eventually....after the boys had stopped jumping around on the bunks!) we were extremely pleased to hear the Captains voice telling us the crossing should be a pleasant and comfortable one - phew! :worship:
Fits and bursts of sleep for the next 4 hours and we 'came alongside' at Rosslare harbour at 6.45am. we were off and at Bill and Anns by 7am for a lovely cooked breakfast which was very welcome after all those hours. :yes:
Hang on in there for part 2 with pics!
Ahhhh, an Irish Breakfast. What better way to start a morning. :yes: Waiting!
Isafari
20-04-2009, 03:59 PM
I'm hanging :yes:
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 04:02 PM
Am hanging on to same branch as Diane. :D
I'm sure a nice meal was definitely a welcomed sight after the journey.
Dizneyblonde
20-04-2009, 04:03 PM
I've been hanging so long i can't breathe!
Great start hun.
mumof2
20-04-2009, 04:23 PM
I unpacked, the boys played around in the garden and Grannny went up for a couple of hours sleep. It was cold, wet and windy - what's new?! :rolleyes:
After lunch we had a trip to the beach, down some rickety wooden steps - well, when i say we, i mean the boys. I got 1/2 way down the steps and decided i wasn't going any further - I just took photos instead!
mumof2
20-04-2009, 04:25 PM
sorry, my computer's on a real go-slow at the moment......more to come shortly!
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 04:26 PM
Yeah photos!!!!!!!!!!!!
It may be gloomy and rainy, but it looks beautiful to me!
lisaw
20-04-2009, 04:43 PM
Those steps do look a bit gairy :eek:
mumof2
20-04-2009, 04:44 PM
Weds 15th cont.
After that we headed for Forth Mountain, up and down some muddy bumpy roads to the Marion Grotto, spotting the satellite towers on the way. We walked up the hill to the grotto and said a prayer for Granny and Grandpas health and happiness then the boys climbed on some rocks.
On the way back down DS9 said "Mum, what's wealth?"
" It usually means you're rich" i said "Why do you ask?"
"Well you said a prayer for Granny and Grandpas wealth up there"
Perhaps i should have done that as well.......!
We popped in to see my Aunty and Uncle on the way back to the house where we had dinner, showers and settled down for the evening listening to the thunder and lightening storm going on outside!
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 04:46 PM
:thud: Are they trying to reach Pluto with those towers?!
mumof2
20-04-2009, 04:49 PM
:thud: Are they trying to reach Pluto with those towers?!
hee hee, i think they probably are! :yes:
Dizneyblonde
20-04-2009, 05:15 PM
Beautiful pics!
Can i come on the next trip please?
mumof2
20-04-2009, 05:40 PM
sure! we could have an international secrets meet in Ireland! :yes:
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 05:41 PM
I am so ready for that meet!
Dizneyblonde
20-04-2009, 05:43 PM
I've always wanted to go to Ireland.
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 05:45 PM
Me too...you think we could all try to find Colin Farrell?
Look at those steps!! :gairy:
mumof2
20-04-2009, 06:17 PM
Thurday 16th part 1
Another cold, windy and rainy start to the day. There seems to be a weather theme to our Ireland trips don't you think!
We were a bit tired this morning so pottered around the house, and Matthew went for a walk around the vegetable plot with Bill.
After lunch we headed out to a place called The White Hole then on to Cullenstown to show the boys the very tasteful 'Shell House' and they explored the beach there.
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 06:28 PM
That is sooooo cool! Look at those shells! That's awesome. Did you get in any close ups I would love to see the detail? :yes:
mumof2
20-04-2009, 06:32 PM
Thursday 16th part 2
We then headed over to Ballyheally Beach which has a random boulder plonked in the sea, and the boys collected some cool stones/rocks. On the way back we stppoed at a village called Wellington Bridge for ice creams which were eaten by the river, and then again for pick and mix sweets at the shop in Killinick which is where Bill and Ann live.
The boys went off on their traditional 'collecting golf balls' trip with Bill after which we had a lovely roast dinner and sat in the garden room with the woodburner going.
mumof2
20-04-2009, 06:34 PM
That is sooooo cool! Look at those shells! That's awesome. Did you get in any close ups I would love to see the detail? :yes:
no, but i'll see if i can edit the pics so i can zoom in on them. :thumbsup:
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 06:44 PM
no, but i'll see if i can edit the pics so i can zoom in on them. :thumbsup:
Oooo, yeah! Sheesh, I sure am needy!
I just read the next installment and I read too quickly as I thought you had typed that you guys had gotten ice cream and then were eaten by the river. :lol: What can I say, I have been writing about bulimia all morning for a class.
Such a pretty rocks and that boulder out there is very cool!
mumof2
20-04-2009, 06:55 PM
i just re read that - the ice creams were eaten by the river! :lol:
That dry stone wall looks like a row of molars - cool! :D
Ursula
20-04-2009, 07:30 PM
Who put the shells all over that house then? Can you tell Bill and Anne I'm coming too please?
mumof2
20-04-2009, 07:51 PM
That dry stone wall looks like a row of molars - cool! :D
a ha! so i'm not the only one that thought that then! :thumbsup:
Who put the shells all over that house then? Can you tell Bill and Anne I'm coming too please?
the owner - they even put them over the plant pots.......wonder where they got them all from, it might be right above the beach but i'm sure they couldn't have found that many on the sand - mind you, they've been doing it for over 20 yrs i think! :unsure:
when you going, i'll let 'em know :tongue:
mumof2
20-04-2009, 08:08 PM
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More rain and another morning spent pottering after which we did a bit of shopping then went to the sand dunes at Curracloe. <o:p></o:p>
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The boys enjoyed messing around here as much as they did last year, getting covered from head to toe in sand and bringing piles of the stuff back home in their shoes and pockets!<o:p></o:p>
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Back at the house they waded in the stream and played football, then we all had a Chinese take out for dinner.<o:p></o:p>
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 08:11 PM
Just love the one with them in the sand laying down. :yes:
mumof2
20-04-2009, 08:13 PM
Just love the one with them in the sand laying down. :yes:
they'd dug holes to lay their heads in so we couldn't see them! I said we should send DH a text and tell him there were 2 headless bodies on the sand dunes!
Oh Mairead. Thank you so very much. Each shot is utterly perfect. I love the sea. It's a proper sea coast! None of this sissy tan sand stuff. :rolleyes: Quite like some areas of Maine, you know. :yes:
The shell house is incredible! :jawdrop:
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!! :hug2: :hug1: :hug2: :hug1:
Disneybumble
20-04-2009, 09:10 PM
I love seeing your boys being "boys", no worrying about being cool and who's looking. They look so happy.
Are the weather Mairead, you knew to take jumpers and WEt weather gear.
Now if l had a scanner and the pictures here, l could show you pictures of a 10 year me at Curracloe.
foreverducky
20-04-2009, 09:12 PM
Oh Mairead. Thank you so very much. Each shot is utterly perfect. I love the sea. It's a proper sea coast! None of this sissy tan sand stuff. :rolleyes: Quite like some areas of Maine, you know. :yes:
I knew there was a reason that Maine called for me. I just love this type of coast.
Tinkfan
20-04-2009, 09:25 PM
:wave:Breath taking views. I would have had to go down those rickety steps to the beach! Your pictures are wonderful as usual.
Tinkfan
20-04-2009, 09:32 PM
:bounce: How much fun are your boys having? How is the shopping there? Do they have far to go for a big shopping area or can you pick up everything you need in the village? Pricey? tell me more!
mumof2
21-04-2009, 02:28 PM
Oh Mairead. Thank you so very much. Each shot is utterly perfect. I love the sea. It's a proper sea coast! None of this sissy tan sand stuff. :rolleyes: Quite like some areas of Maine, you know. :yes:
The shell house is incredible! :jawdrop:
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!! :hug2: :hug1: :hug2: :hug1:
awww bless you, you're very welcome - i aim to please! :hug2:
I love seeing your boys being "boys", no worrying about being cool and who's looking. They look so happy.
Are the weather Mairead, you knew to take jumpers and WEt weather gear.
Now if l had a scanner and the pictures here, l could show you pictures of a 10 year me at Curracloe.
yep, wellies raincoats warm clothes....!
how cool would that be, i have some of me tucked away from around 19 years ago so i was erm, *really* young then......:tongue:
the boys had great fun, and actually got on really well together!
mumof2
21-04-2009, 02:31 PM
:wave:Breath taking views. I would have had to go down those rickety steps to the beach! Your pictures are wonderful as usual.
well i went 1/2 way down, maybe next time i'll be a bit braver - and i was worried about getting back up!
:bounce: How much fun are your boys having? How is the shopping there? Do they have far to go for a big shopping area or can you pick up everything you need in the village? Pricey? tell me more!
thank you :hug2:
the village which is a 10 minute walk from Bill and Anns house has a pub/restaurant, a farm/coffee shop (delicious food though quite expensive - a real treat though), another pub, petrol station with quite a comprehensive grocery store and post office, a small take out (burgers/chips i think - never been there) so all your requirements could be met there.
A drive of around 10 mins in one direction will take you to the Rosslare Harbour area with a supermarket, various grocery smaller stores, pubs, restaurants.
Then from the village another 10 minutes or so in the other direction takes you into Wexford town with a mix of smaller stores and high street chain stores housed in new and old buildings - a real mixture.
They have also built large supermarkets and industrial areas.....a sign of change i guess but i find it quite a shame.
I've always found Ireland to be fairly expensive for shopping although you can pick up some things for a reasonable price, at the moment we're pretty much on the same level with the exchange rates although we noticed this time that some groceries may be slightly cheaper at home..
We found Ireland fairly expensive too, but just thought that was the case in that are of the world overall. :unsure:
They had just switched from the punt to the Euro when we were there, so it was a little confusing overall. The exchange was a bit better (for us) too. Almost dollar for Euro, so that wasn't bad at all!
mumof2
21-04-2009, 03:13 PM
you're fairly unlikely to get lots of bargains there that's for sure!
daveann
21-04-2009, 03:29 PM
oh it looks gorgeous what a lovely beach!
looks like you all had great fun :)
Tinkfan
21-04-2009, 04:02 PM
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you're fairly unlikely to get lots of bargains there that's for sure!
I just want to get there! Thanks so much, it actually sounds like the small town in Pennsylvania that my Dad grew up in. No kidding everyone no matter the nationality spoke with an Irish accent! Small grocery stores ( lots of bars!! corner ones of course) And everyone knew everyone!
Tinkfan
21-04-2009, 04:03 PM
We found Ireland fairly expensive too, but just thought that was the case in that are of the world overall. :unsure:
They had just switched from the punt to the Euro when we were there, so it was a little confusing overall. The exchange was a bit better (for us) too. Almost dollar for Euro, so that wasn't bad at all!
Tink, when was the last time you were there?
mumof2
21-04-2009, 05:36 PM
oh it was fun daveann, i love it - i was on the lookout for my holiday home that i'll never be able to afford! :tongue:
i have one more instalment to go but i need to get the pics from Mum first.
mumof2
21-04-2009, 05:41 PM
:wiggle:
I just want to get there! Thanks so much, it actually sounds like the small town in Pennsylvania that my Dad grew up in. No kidding everyone no matter the nationality spoke with an Irish accent! Small grocery stores ( lots of bars!! corner ones of course) And everyone knew everyone!
if i had an accent I'd love it to be a nice Southern Irish one......
Too long ago. :sigh: Early 2000's. :sigh:
Tinkfan
21-04-2009, 08:36 PM
:hug2: Well we can both live vicariously thru Mumof2!!! Someday soon I hope!
:yes: 2002 was a long time ago. :sigh:
I never expected it to be this long between return visits. Who knew the economy would get in the way? :sigh:
Tinkfan
22-04-2009, 02:09 PM
:wave: Tink, at least your close to:bounce::bounce: the Mouse
Yes. I do remind myself of that. It's a nice place to be for the most part, but it ain't Ireland! :wink:
Tinkfan
22-04-2009, 10:16 PM
:thumbsdown: Well, I'm not close to anything!! feel very superior!
mumof2
24-04-2009, 12:36 PM
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Woohoo! It was a beautiful day! The sun was shining and it was lovely and warm. <o:p></o:p>
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Granny and I popped into town early to pick up some bits and pieces to bring back home, then came back to collect the boys. After a quick cuppa we took the boys to Meylers bar and restaurant for lunch, you may remember the place from last year with the windmill? We had lunch in the snug then wandered outside in the sunshine for a while. Ahhhh, lovely.<o:p></o:p>
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mumof2
24-04-2009, 12:40 PM
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We visited Our Lady's Island (http://www.ourladysisland.ie/) and Mum and I sat by the sparkling lake while the boys played ball, we had yet another ice cream.
mumof2
24-04-2009, 01:10 PM
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After a while we drove further on to Carne along a wibbly wobbly path alongside where the lake turns a corner.
Here, many years ago - maybe 16 or 17, a hippy family bought up a small village which was in ruins and they told us how they planned to refurbish the 5 houses for themselves and their young children to live in when they were older. <o:p></o:p>
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They seemed to be all done, or at least most of them were, but the place is deserted. Nobody knows why or where they’ve gone…….<o:p></o:p>
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At the end of the wibbly wobbly lane is a wibbly wobbly path leading to a beach where we saw 3 men fishing. The path had lots of deep potholes and the boys thoroughly enjoyed running along in front of the car guiding Granny past them!
All too soon it was time to go back to the house for tea and to pack the car. <o:p></o:p>
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DS9 went with Bill to collect golf balls one last time then we all had a piece of choccy cake and a cuppa before setting off to bed ready for an early start in the morning.<o:p></o:p>
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mumof2
24-04-2009, 01:12 PM
Sunday 19th
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Arrived at Pembroke Dock at around 1pm and we had a petrol and lunch stop en route, making it home around 7pm, all very tired and all in need of a nice warm shower to freshen us up!<o:p></o:p>
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mumof2
24-04-2009, 01:18 PM
and finally, some random photos!
mumof2
24-04-2009, 01:23 PM
and some more, from Anns garden
mumof2
24-04-2009, 01:32 PM
and more!
mumof2
24-04-2009, 01:38 PM
tell me when to stop!
:hug1: Thank you so much, Mairead! :hug2:
The report is lovely and the photos are beautiful. The little place that the hippies bought...that's kind of sad. :sigh:
The dessert looks delish! :D :D
I love the water shots and the flowers too. You're the best!
More! :9: I didn't realize you had more! :D :D :D
Keep 'em comin', Mairead! :D :D :D
mumof2
24-04-2009, 01:44 PM
really, tell me!
Oh the bird is just too precious. :yes: I love the little windmill too. :yes:
Got any more? (WHAT A GREEDY PIG TINK IS)!!! :eek:
mumof2
24-04-2009, 01:59 PM
hee hee, so i shouldn't stop yet Tink?!
mumof2
24-04-2009, 02:02 PM
not at all Tink. I am *more* than happy to share them with you and know you enjoy looking at them :hug2:
i uploaded Mums photos on to my pc but can't seem to get most of them to load on here.
Ohmygoshlookatthecottageandtheivycoverededificeand thewickedcoolhouse... :9: :9:
mumof2
24-04-2009, 02:06 PM
Ohmygoshlookatthecottageandtheivycoverededificeand thewickedcoolhouse... :9: :9:
:lol:
Tinkfan
24-04-2009, 02:20 PM
:hearts: I am green with envy, you are an amazing photographer! Love all the cottages ,where were they from? The desserted village, I'm surprised that no one has bought them for summer homes. How sad. I'm going to look again! What is the closest big city to all of this? i can't seem to find the location. I want ice cream now too!
Aren't they beautiful photos Tinkfan? :yes: Wouldn't you just love to spend time there? :yes:
Oh, imagine having the money to buy that little deserted village! :yes:
mumof2
24-04-2009, 03:31 PM
:hearts: I am green with envy, you are an amazing photographer! Love all the cottages ,where were they from? The desserted village, I'm surprised that no one has bought them for summer homes. How sad. I'm going to look again! What is the closest big city to all of this? i can't seem to find the location. I want ice cream now too!
thank you, that's really sweet of you. They're all in county Wexford, the main town is also called Wexford. i'm assuming the people still own the deserted village - i wish i could speak to them again and see what happened.
i tried to attach a map to show you where some of the places were, but it didn't work....:sorry:
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mumof2
24-04-2009, 04:35 PM
another selection!
mumof2
24-04-2009, 04:56 PM
last few, apologies for any double ups. i don't know why some of Mums photos are just not going on here...:unsure:
eh? where'd mine go now? cyber space again...
Tinkfan
24-04-2009, 09:06 PM
:yes: yes Tink I would LOVE to spend time there. I think we should buy that village:devillaugh: of course my darling husband might have other ideas!
Tinkfan
24-04-2009, 09:09 PM
thank you, that's really sweet of you. They're all in county Wexford, the main town is also called Wexford. i'm assuming the people still own the deserted village - i wish i could speak to them again and see what happened.
i tried to attach a map to show you where some of the places were, but it didn't work....:sorry:
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:worship: Well, I can't even pst pictures!! I need my old secretary for that! I might have to break down and ask my daughter. :point:She'll have a good laugh!
Claire
24-04-2009, 10:18 PM
Not sure how I missed this thread up until now but wow! What wonderful photos! Thanks for sharing Mum!
mumof2
25-04-2009, 10:19 AM
awww thank you for looking!
Tinkfan
25-04-2009, 02:49 PM
:wave: Mumof2 where are you staying in Disney this coming trip? I see you only have 120 days!!
mumof2
25-04-2009, 03:09 PM
alas, that's no Disney countdown - it's just me keeping an eye on the days for something else!
uscwest
25-04-2009, 03:45 PM
I hear Ireland calling me back. Donna has never been there. I've been once for 7 days and spent it driving from Rosslare out west and back again.
mumof2
25-04-2009, 04:42 PM
remind me when you were there John
foreverducky
25-04-2009, 04:49 PM
:mental: Yeah! Photos! Very nice.
Kinda weird about the hippie houses and sad.
Boy that fisherman looked pretty serious. What happened to people holding their own pole? :unsure:
Lovely buildings too!
mumof2
25-04-2009, 06:54 PM
Boy that fisherman looked pretty serious. What happened to people holding their own pole? :unsure:
:tape:
foreverducky
25-04-2009, 07:55 PM
:lol:
Though seriously, the pole was being held by a stand, that's not fishing.
mumof2
25-04-2009, 08:10 PM
ahh but when you're sitting there all day your arms would surely get tired from holding that fishing rod!
Catching up after my hols, and this thread is brilliant! Great great pics! Thanks M!!! :hug2:
mumof2
04-05-2009, 10:04 PM
awww thank you honey! :hug2:
mumof2
04-05-2009, 10:19 PM
i knew i shouldn't look through them again....now i'm aching to go back! My sister and i were talking, she said she thought we may move out there as we'd planned to many years ago before family came along.....the boys aren't too happy with the thought, i guess they just like the holidays!
i'm not sure i would move over there now even if we could afford it, but i'd love to have a place for getting away from it all! :yes:
Tinkfan
04-05-2009, 11:03 PM
alas, that's no Disney countdown - it's just me keeping an eye on the days for something else!
Ahhhh, a mystery!!
I was racing through the boards last night trying to catch up and my fingers hit the "post" button too early for my last comment....I've been away too long....:tongue:
Meant to say I've never been to Ireland (well, other than Dublin!), but the gorgeous beaches remind me so much of the beaches we went to in my childhood in Northumberland (for those not in the UK that's the North East coast of England). Wild, windy, rugged, beautiful, atmospheric...and on a sunny day better than any beach in any tropical place in the world for conventional beauty. Bamburgh beach is till me fave beach in the world, we still go there when we can, and those Irish beaches look so similar.
I also love all of the photos of your boys...they look so natural, so unselfconscious, they're just having fun in the moment and that comes across...it's very uplifting to see, if that makes sense?? :unsure:
Anyway, off to hit the "post" button hopefully at the right time :D
mumof2
05-05-2009, 09:35 AM
The beaches are beautiful, i can barely remember when we've ever had a day sunny and warm enough to mess around in bare feet in the water ~ there have been a few but they were before the boys were born!
We're ever hopeful and bring the swimming gear each time we go but it's just way too cold!
Thank you for your comment about the boys, that's lovely to read. i hope they remember their trips for ever and feel sentimental enough to want to bring their own children over - as long as Bill and Ann are around they'll always have a place to stay, she told them both they *have* to come back with their own families!
Tinkfan
05-05-2009, 12:34 PM
:wave: I didn't realize that it was that cold. Does it remain that way even in the summer months? Had to laugh at your boys not wanting to move there, when we were home in Pennsylvania this week-end all my relatives want us to move and Tyler just kept saying " we're really not going to move Mom! Are we!" Boys really have a hard time with change, at least all my boys!! I would love to move there to be closer to my cousins. They're more like sisters.
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