Kerry Whilst Kerry is a wonderful place It would be a great pity if you did not see a little more of Ireland during your visit. I suggest a little detour maybe as follows. Having arrived at Shannon and collected your car arm yourself with a good map. Just a 10 minute drive away on the Limerick road is Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. Here you can have some food and your first pint of Guinness at Durty Nellys pub. A visit to the Castle will give you your first taste of Irish history and how previous generations lived. See Web: www.shannonheritage.com for more information.This visit would take up 3/4 hours depending on time factor. If you arrive at Shannon late at night there is a motel at the airport. After Bunratty turn around and head back the way you have come towards Ennis and turn left there for Ennistimon and the Cliffs of Moher - as must see. Depart here and head for Lisdoonvarna (they have a yearly festival here attended by all bachelors in Ireland looking for a wife). This road will take you through the Burren and down to Galway with its beautiful Bay, Spend a night in the area? Next day depart Galway and head west towards Clifden passing through beautiful Connemara with its wonderfull rivers, lakes and mountains. Look out for the Quiet Man Bridge on the way (from the old John Wayne film, The Quiet Man, also starring Maureen O'Hara) which is just past Oughterard. At Clifden have some food in the old defunct railway station. On the way back you will have to travel through Limerick City. Here you might like to stop off for a few hours to look at the River Shannon and visit the 11th century Cathedral (St Mary's) and King Johns Castle and other sights. The above "shannon" website gives more information. The above tour could be covered in 3 days leaving sufficient time to cover all interests in Kerry. Killarney is just over a 3 hour drive from Shannon. There are thousand and thousands of Bed and Breakfast all over Ireland. They are cheap and very good value and enables visitors to be more flexible with the programme. Included in the price is an enormous breakfast which will fill you up for most of the day. The followiling website is very comprehensive; www.townandcountry.ie. If you type in "Ireland Bed and Breakfast" into the Web it will bring up many more, including the charges Having left Limerick City you might like to visit Foynes and the Museum, home of the Irish Coffee - which was first made in 1942 to warm up some damp miserable passengers.. The port of Foynes was the fulcrum point for air traffic between the US and Europe. The famous Flying Boats operated from here from 1939 - 1945. The museum is open daily and features the original terminal building and many nostalgic memorabilla. If you take the N21 road this will take you all the way to Castleisland, where your relations live. You could stay in B&B accommodation anywhere in this are and reach all parts of Kerry. A good Web site is; www.guidekillarney.com. This covers all of Kerry and provides useful information on tours, places of interest and maps. It is expensive to stay in Killarney so choose a place outside. The tourist attraction in Dingle is a Dolphin called Fungi and boat trips are arranged to see him perform out in the Bay. Apart from Killarney and its surrounding lakes a must trip is to the Kate Kearney's cottage and Gap of Dunloe; the Upper lakes and Moll's gap; The Ring of Kerry and a visit to Kenmare. September would be a good month with the charge for B&B being sometimes cheaper during this time. I hope the above is helpful and will help you with you planning. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry" <genbug@agapeinternet.com> To: "IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb." <IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:46 AM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Kerry > Hi y'all, > > I have found out I have some very serious health issues and my sweet > daughter wants us to take the trip I've always wanted to take. It didn't > seem possible, but since I was named Kerry for my great-grandmother's > birthplace I have always wanted to go and see Kerry. > > We know next to nothing except that we want to go to Dingle and that we > need a passport. I guess I should have paid attention when others have > discussed it, but it seemed so unlikely we'd make the trip, I haven't paid > attention to details, I've only longed for the same thing as others have > discussed their trips and loved hearing about them. > > So, where do I begin? Where would it be best for us to fly into? What > should we do besides rent a car and hope we can remember which side of the > road we are on? And I can remember advice to be sure to rent from someone > but be sure not to rent from someone else, but I don't remember who. : ) > > Is there a good guide for finding B & Bs? Or is that the best place to > stay? About 10 years ago I remember knowing about a website that showed > pictures and gave information about places to stay. Does anyone know about > something like this? If we have only about 10 to 14 days from the time we > leave home till we return, what would you suggest we do? (I suppose it > would mean flying out of Dallas or Houston to somewhere.) Are there other > counties nearby we really "should" see? (I'll admit, I'd be plenty happy > to just stay in Kerry the whole time.) > > What advice can you give? And what suggestions do you have? > > Blessings, > Kerry > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Pat, Your message is a keeper! I will file this and hope I can find it if I'm ever lucky enough to return to Ireland. Many thanks. Kathleen Researching Nolans / Flahertys, Co.Kerry; Nolans / O'Neills, Co.Wexford; O'Donnells / McNamaras (from?); Conways, Belfast; Linehans, Roscommon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Delaney" <pat.delaney@virgin.net> To: "Kerry" <genbug@agapeinternet.com>; "IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb." <IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Kerry > Kerry > > Whilst Kerry is a wonderful place It would be a great pity if you did not > see a little more of Ireland during your visit. I suggest a little detour > maybe as follows. Having arrived at Shannon and collected your car arm > yourself with a good map. Just a 10 minute drive away on the Limerick road > is Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. Here you can have some food and your > first > pint of Guinness at Durty Nellys pub. A visit to the Castle will give you > your first taste of Irish history and how previous generations lived. See > Web: www.shannonheritage.com for more information.This visit would take up > 3/4 hours depending on time factor. If you arrive at Shannon late at night > there is a motel at the airport. > > After Bunratty turn around and head back the way you have come towards > Ennis > and turn left there for Ennistimon and the Cliffs of Moher - as must see. > Depart here and head for Lisdoonvarna (they have a yearly festival here > attended by all bachelors in Ireland looking for a wife). This road will > take you through the Burren and down to Galway with its beautiful Bay, > Spend > a night in the area? > > Next day depart Galway and head west towards Clifden passing through > beautiful Connemara with its wonderfull rivers, lakes and mountains. Look > out for the Quiet Man Bridge on the way (from the old John Wayne film, The > Quiet Man, also starring Maureen O'Hara) which is just past Oughterard. At > Clifden have some food in the old defunct railway station. > > On the way back you will have to travel through Limerick City. Here you > might like to stop off for a few hours to look at the River Shannon and > visit the 11th century Cathedral (St Mary's) and King Johns Castle and > other > sights. The above "shannon" website gives more information. > > The above tour could be covered in 3 days leaving sufficient time to cover > all interests in Kerry. Killarney is just over a 3 hour drive from > Shannon. > > There are thousand and thousands of Bed and Breakfast all over Ireland. > They > are cheap and very good value and enables visitors to be more flexible > with > the programme. Included in the price is an enormous breakfast which will > fill you up for most of the day. The followiling website is very > comprehensive; www.townandcountry.ie. If you type in "Ireland Bed and > Breakfast" into the Web it will bring up many more, including the charges > > Having left Limerick City you might like to visit Foynes and the Museum, > home of the Irish Coffee - which was first made in 1942 to warm up some > damp > miserable passengers.. The port of Foynes was the fulcrum point for air > traffic between the US and Europe. The famous Flying Boats operated from > here from 1939 - 1945. The museum is open daily and features the original > terminal building and many nostalgic memorabilla. If you take the N21 > road > this will take you all the way to Castleisland, where your relations live. > You could stay in B&B accommodation anywhere in this are and reach all > parts > of Kerry. A good Web site is; www.guidekillarney.com. This covers all of > Kerry and provides useful information on tours, places of interest and > maps. > > It is expensive to stay in Killarney so choose a place outside. The > tourist > attraction in Dingle is a Dolphin called Fungi and boat trips are arranged > to see him perform out in the Bay. Apart from Killarney and its > surrounding > lakes a must trip is to the Kate Kearney's cottage and Gap of Dunloe; the > Upper lakes and Moll's gap; The Ring of Kerry and a visit to Kenmare. > > September would be a good month with the charge for B&B being sometimes > cheaper during this time. > > I hope the above is helpful and will help you with you planning. > > > Pat > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry" <genbug@agapeinternet.com> > To: "IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb." <IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:46 AM > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Kerry > > >> Hi y'all, >> >> I have found out I have some very serious health issues and my sweet >> daughter wants us to take the trip I've always wanted to take. It didn't >> seem possible, but since I was named Kerry for my great-grandmother's >> birthplace I have always wanted to go and see Kerry. >> >> We know next to nothing except that we want to go to Dingle and that we >> need a passport. I guess I should have paid attention when others have >> discussed it, but it seemed so unlikely we'd make the trip, I haven't >> paid >> attention to details, I've only longed for the same thing as others have >> discussed their trips and loved hearing about them. >> >> So, where do I begin? Where would it be best for us to fly into? What >> should we do besides rent a car and hope we can remember which side of >> the >> road we are on? And I can remember advice to be sure to rent from someone >> but be sure not to rent from someone else, but I don't remember who. : ) >> >> Is there a good guide for finding B & Bs? Or is that the best place to >> stay? About 10 years ago I remember knowing about a website that showed >> pictures and gave information about places to stay. Does anyone know >> about >> something like this? If we have only about 10 to 14 days from the time we >> leave home till we return, what would you suggest we do? (I suppose it >> would mean flying out of Dallas or Houston to somewhere.) Are there other >> counties nearby we really "should" see? (I'll admit, I'd be plenty happy >> to just stay in Kerry the whole time.) >> >> What advice can you give? And what suggestions do you have? >> >> Blessings, >> Kerry >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message