(this was on the side of the Castle)
I did love Limerick!
We then drove to Ross Castle in Killarney. It was cool, but not all that impressive really.
Muckross House was also decent.
Loads of people driving around in horse and buggy…..felt like we were in Pennsylvania or something……
The worst part of our trip so far, came after the Muckross House, as we traveled through Killarney National Park in the Ring of Kerry. There were steep, long, windy roads that were so narrow, that our car did hit bushes on each side of the road, yet it was somehow meant for two-way traffic. We are supposed to also drive 100KM/H. Seriously, NO way you can go over 50KM/H on these freakin’ roads. There was also a curvy narrow bridge. It was scary. It was nerve-racking. Wish I had some Dramamine. I think so did the driver. But, you know what? We survived, and made it to our destination and that is all that really matters.
We did encounter this old ruin and lovely sheep....we had to nearly die walking to this area and Aimee threw a rock at the sheep to startle it, but we were laughing too hard to get a picture. And no, the sheep was not harmed since Aimee throws like a girl.....
Other horrific things of the day and so not an April Fool's joke……we saw a horrible accident on the way to Killarney. Two cars were mangled beyond recognition. No way anyone survived at all. After that, we recalled we did not say a prayer for the day, and immediately did so in hopes that we would not succumb to a similar fate today. In addition, we saw a house chimney fire with a firefighter in the chimney trying to put the fire out, and we sure hope he was OK and did not succumb to a horrible fate. Then we saw a forest fire, which hopefully no one died in. This I did attempt to take a picture of from our moving vehicle.
We did also encounter a really mean Irish asshole in the form of a bald man with a green button up shirt in a silver car who basically flipped us off, for doing absolutely nothing but was horribly rude and tried to run us completely off the road!! We all cursed at this point. We know it is a Sunday, and we should be much more reverent, but I think under the circumstances we were justified and have been forgiven.
Cool house which may or may not have been from Day 3.....but I am putting it here anyways.....actually I think it was from Day 2, but whatever......
Ok, now we did finally make it to the Staigue Stone Fort from the Iron Age. Please also note the signs!! They say STAY OFF THE TOPS......dumb cute German kids.....
Above is a random bone we saw on the ground at the fort....
Bantry House in Bantry
Almost tropical?
My favourite random signs so far on this journey. I really enjoy taking random photos of absolutely meaningless things that if you had a non digital camera you’d be pissed to waste a photograph on……
And I missed taking a photograph of a perfect sign saying “LENT….REPENT” – how awesome… Dang it!!! I so hope I see another one before I leave.
ok, fire assembly is not funny at all, however, this one is behind a fence and in the trees...have fun in case of fire. 
For the tourists....kind of sad....where is 'this way to the pot of gold'?
The sign says it all
Don't remove the stones people....the old ruins of cool things would fall down.
At least they warn you that you could fall off and die.
We have been surviving on Peanut Butter and Nutella sandwiches and Orange Juice and Diet Coke. We are cheap, yes, but more importantly, stopping for food wastes valuable driving time.
That is all for the day pretty much......more tomorrow from Cork to Dublin......
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