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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Killarney

We spend three nights here and funnily, the fair has come to town and is parked just outside our window.. Needless to say, it takes a while to get to sleep each night! :-)
















Anyway, we have a nice though damp day visiting Muckross House. Occasionally the drizzle was so persistent, my camera thought it was monochrome..


It is situated in the Killarney National Park and this is how we got there...



The ruins of Ross Castle...



How we cross the lakes...tiny boats aren't they and they sit so low in the water!



Innisfallen Abbey, a ruined monastic spot on an isolated island in the lakes.



Muckross House, looking very Austen.