I had my 12th birthday in Dublin.
We were staying in an appartment on the banks of the River Liffey. It is the best accommodation we have had becuase we had a TV and little kitchen. Mum was very excited that we had a washing machine (but it turned out to be broken)! For the free [...]
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Dublin
Posted in Ireland on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Leaving Ireland
Posted in Ireland on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have enjoyed our two weeks in Ireland and in Scotland – despite it being the wettest August on record (I am sure they don’t say that every year… do they? Hard when camping, so we have reverted to hostelling on the worst nights).
The Cliffs of Moher we experienced as the Cliffs of Mists – but stubborningly [...]
Galway
Posted in Ireland on August 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Flaherty castle
Tomorrow is my birthday (Ellen).
Just outside of Galway is our family castle which stupid Peter O’Flaherty gave away to Heritage Ireland in the 1950s. He must be a distant relation. We want to reclaim the castle.
We went to visit it this morning. It was really cool and it was five storeys high [...]
Internet access
Posted in Ireland on August 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
We are having trouble keeping up to date with our blogs. Not so with our diaries – our children rejoice in writing them – as you can imagine! (I keep them in line however, tho I have failed with Joseph who is falling back on photojournalism)
We are so used to having internet access whenever and [...]
