After two lovely nights in Dublin, today we drove to the small town of Dingle, located on the western shore of Ireland. We are at the further point West in Ireland, and the locals like to say the next parish over is Boston.
Yesterday morning we broke in our walking shoes and headed to the National Museum at Collin’s Barracks followed by a visit to the Dublin Writers’ Museum. Then, everyone had a great time at last night’s group dinner at the Irish House Party, which featured Irish Trad music and dancing, plus some talented performances by our vary own PLNU students—thanks Kelsey and Elisa!
Today , after a brief stop in Limmerick to tour some sites featured in Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes we drove out to the Dingle Peninsula. Some students jumped on a tour boat to see Fungi, the famous Dingle Dolphin, who showed up as expected.
Tomorrow morning we’re looking forward to three hour guided tour of the peninsula with former Dingle police chief and amateur archeologist Tim Collins. We’ll spend another night here in Dingle before we head to Sligo.
Oh, and the weather is perfect here in Dingle—balmy and a bit of blue sky during the day, though it became a little chilly once the sun set after well past 9pm.
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