Wednesday, July 8- Killarney and Killarney National Park After breakfast, we walked to the Diseart exhibition in the convent of the Sisters of the Presentation. Their chapel has 12 stained glass windows made by Harry Clarke, a renowned Irish stained glass artist. It is the only church or chapel in the world to have more than 2 or 3. They are gorgeous- not only were the colors brilliant, but no single piece of glass was plain. They all were etched with some pattern or design; he must have been the “Tiffany” of religious stained glass windows. We returned to our room, packed the car and headed to Killarney. We stopped for a walk along a long strand of beach at Inch where they give surfing lessons and four wheel drives can drive on the hard sand.
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