Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Sunday June 9

We drove from Glendalough through Avoca and the Meeting of the Waters to Kilkenny, then to Cashel (Irish for Castle).
The meeting of the waters is where the Avonbeg joins the Avonmore to form the Avoca River, just up the road from the Ballykissangel Pub - or at least the Pub where it was filmed.




Meeting of the waters - looking towards the Avoca River

Bridge over the Avonmore River

The Rock of Cashel was the castle built in the 5th century by the Munster kings of whom the greatest was Brian Boru, the first and only High King of Ireland. In the 12thcentury it was handed over to the Catholic Church to be used as a cathedral centre.

The Rock of Cashel

St Patrick's Cathedral



Tapestry, Hall of the Vicars Choral

Bench and table, Hall of the Vicars Choral

Angel, Hall of the Vicars Choral

Hall of the Vicars Choral

Hall of the Vicars Choral

St Patrick's Cathedral


St Patrick's Cathedral

Chancel & Sanctuary, St Patrick's Cathedral

When the Normans arrived they introduced a Romanesque style of architecture and added a second chapel in that style

Romanesque Chapel

St Patrick's Cross

Ardmore beach. We stayed near here

Enjoying live music, Round House Hotel Sunday afternoon. Note the blue sky

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