A glorious day in Ireland

Hello Everyone,

Erin wants to send a great big ‘Hello’ to Ms. Capone and her friends in her class and everyone back at Bee Meadow School!  She is having a great time over in Ireland.

Shannon says ‘Hi’ to everyone at MJS, all of her friends and teachers. She is loving the trip!!

We want to wish Austin a Happy Birthday today.  We hope it was terrific. 

Today we started our day off with a trip to Newgrange.   It is the best known Irish passage tomb, with the most impressive highly decorated Entrance Stone.  This massive earth mound covers a single tomb consisting of a long passage and a cross shaped chamber.  It was so fabulous to see it and extremely interesting to hear the history about it.  

We had a delicious lunch at Fitspatrick’s Pub.  We met friends and enjoyed beautiful weather and delicious food.  This was our second time at the pub, we went to this restaurant last time we were in this area.  It was so great that a second trip was well worth it.  It is at the foot of the Coolie Mountains. 

In the afternoon, the girls went to a practice session with their coach and the adults got to have some more fun.  We went to a town called Blackrock.  It is on the coast of the Irish Sea.  It was a quaint, little coastal town.  Michael and I decided to check out the water and it was terrific.  We also went into a pub with a great waterfront view and enjoyed some local spirits. 

After picking the girls up, we finished our day with friends out for dinner back in Dundalk. 

We are having such a terrific vacation.  Tomorrow we head up to Belfast and we cannot wait to see that part of Ireland. 

Enjoy some more photos of our time in Ireland. 

Sharon