A few weeks ago while I was travelling around Ireland I had the opportunity to do a day tour through the Ring of Kerry in the county of Kerry. I expected a lovely display of Irish nature but instead I found something of a different tone that is best exemplified by the following photo:
However bizarre some of the following photos appear there was indeed some nature on sight but we weren’t too lucky and the rain and the clouds didn’t help bringing it its beauty.
That first stop mentioned above took place in the representation of an ancient village of the county where we learnt how families whose economies based on turf made their living.
After that stop we continued our bucolic trip. The next interesting thing that we saw was the castle shown in the next photo. The owner was a lady whose main purpose in life seemed to be to get married in order to gain lands and money. At one point in her life her she was notified of the death of her husband in a heroic battle and she went to town the next morning in search of a new husband.
The next photos summarize my impressions of the Ring of Kerry:
The trip was definitely interesting although quite different than what I had heard.