Jerry and I splurged on a driver for our week in the Irish countryside. We decided to do this after hearing accounts from some of our friends who drove themselves around Ireland. Their descriptions ranged from "white knuckle" to "hellacious."
So on Saturday morning Tom Quinn of VIP Chauffeur showed up at our Dublin hotel and whisked us away to the beautiful Irish countryside. It has been well worth it.
On the first day Tom planned on taking us to Cashel via Kilkenny, but Jerry threw him a curve right away, asking him to take us to Inistioge too. Inistioge is a charming small town not too far from Kilkenny where the brother of one of Jerry's aviation friends just bought a pub. Here is a picture of Jerry at the pub (with our driver Tom behind him).
Next to it was this cool garden wall with hiking boot planters.
Here is the brother of Jerry's friend.
That night Tom dropped us off at our hotel in Cashel at dinner time and picked us up the next morning after breakfast to continue on to Dingle via the Rock of Cashel and Killarney National Park. (I wouldn't have even thought of stopping at Killarney but Tom suggested it and we thoroughly enjoyed roaming through the gardens of this gorgeous estate.) Aren't those rhododendrons amazing?!
We arrived in Dingle and spent two nights there. Dingle and the Dingle Peninsula are worth a separate email as it was a most beautiful time and I took lots of pictures.
In the meantime, all the best.
Mary and Jerry
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