Ireland- people and cups of tea- days 57-66

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It has been all about meeting people and having cups of tea- it is never a holiday when you visit your place of birth after many years but we did have a good time.

The first three days in Ireland were around Dublin and we went into the city and also spent time with my mother - Annie-.

For the next four days we went down the country and visited my brother in Kilarney as well as visiting Galway, Mayo and touring around what is called Connemara- we got hit by some bad weather and the soft rain that seems to fall in the west of Ireland.

For the last three we went back to Dublin - went to my mother's belated 77th birthday which was attended by 3 of her five sons and prepared for our trip back to Australia- all in all a good time was had by all.

Most people reckon I had not changed much and only had a slight "aussie" accent- I still have a good head of hair which I put down to the sun in Australia- stretching it a bit I suspect.-some interesting characters included below.

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Photos

mother and son
Annie and me in good form

Annie
a fine set of new dentures

More family
brother Paddy joins us

Irish green
rain and green mix well

Cliff of Moher
This is what they look like - we did not see them it was too misty

Weather
soft rain and mist

Westport House
This castle was built in 1682

Malahide Castle
This castle was first built in 1182

Ring of Kerry
some nice scenery

More of the ring of Kerry
a bit like the coast road in Victoria