Stone Bridge

Carl & Nanci In Ireland

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July 14th 2008
July 13 & 14 Sunday was an easier biking day. We only biked 25 kilometers but the first 10 were uphill through the mountain gap. The uphill was not too bad but then we took a back road down the other side of the mountain and did the down hill in 3 kilometers with a number of hairpin turns. I think the downhill was harder (certainly on the nerves) than the uphill. We then took a “ferry” (see ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Kerry » Dingle Peninsula

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more