Kinsale

After Dingle we headed to Kinsale which is a fishing village in County Cork on the southern coast of Ireland. Along the way we stopped at Killarney to visit Muckross House and the Torc Waterfall.

It's no surprise that Kinsale is focussed on sailing and there were lots of small boats out on the water the weekend we were there.

While in Kinsale we did a lovely coastal drive which took us to the villages of Timoleague, Glandore amd Baltimore. 

This is only a very small part of what remains of the Timoleague Friary which was established by the Franciscans in either the 13th or 14th century.  The Franciscans lived here on and off until about 1642 when the English arrived and burned both the Friary and the village.

We stopped for a coffee at this cute little place.  There were tables and chairs set up directly across the road for customers to use.  This was the view!

And as it was a beautiful sunny day, this was Aimee's answer to having left her sunglasses in the car!

Next stop was the village of Baltimore which is mainly a fishing port.  Here is something we found while wandering around the harbour.

On the way back to Kinsale we picked up some decorating ideas in a small village called Courtmacsherry. Every doorway had them! This was another 20+ tractor day!

The absolute highlight of staying in Kinsale was a trip we did to Cork to watch the Final of the Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship between Youghal (pronounced yawl) and Castlelyons. It was an absolute hoot and with the commentary in gaelic we had absolutely no idea about what was going on. 

The game is so fast and fiercely contested and the players have absolutely no fear going after the ball! It was a very close match in the end with Youghal (the team we picked at the beginning of the match) winning by just one point. Even we got excited!

And for our final night in Kinsale we had dinner and a few drinks (I mean we had a few Smithwicks) at the Spaniard which was literally just out the back door!

Slainte! That's Gaelic for Cheers!