Final breakfast together as Miriam, Sergio and Claudia are returning home. We intend to meet in Cadiz in southern Spain next year.
Such a wonderful reunion.
Meanwhile Maugie and John drove us up north, through County Mayo with their Gaelic football flags flying as they are in the grand final.
The Emerald Bar - famous historically for being the meeting place for the IRA at its height.
Just out of Sligo we visited Lissadell House and grounds. We had lunch in the converted coach house before enjoying a tour of the house.
Built in the mid nineteenth century by Henry Gore-Booth, an Artic explorer.
Our tour led us through the extensive servants' quarters, which culminated in exiting via the tunnel where goods and coal were delivered and servants discreetly entered and left.
An interesting tour with the story of generations of strong women involved in the suffragette movement, regular instances of schizophrenia and chronic mismanagement. It is now owned by the wealthy Irish Cassidy family, which includes seven children.
Benbullben dominates the valley to the coast. This is all called Yeats country as the poet Yeats grew up here and is buried in the churchyard. He wrote several poems dedicated to the Gore-Booth house and the family.
Misty rain countered by rainbows up the coast.
A blast from the past.
We arrived in Kerrykeel about 8pm and were delighted to see Malin Bay from our window. We are staying with Maugie's sister, Dolores and her husband, Joe, and son, Brian.
Delicious meal and reunion.
M&M
No comments:
Post a Comment