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Rock of Cashel, Blarney Castle, and Kenmare, Ireland

July 9th 2009
Today was definitely an adoenture, for lack of a better word. We started out after breakfast from Kilkenny to the Rock of Cashel. The drive from one to the other is pretty easy (I still hadn’t done any of the driving at this point). The Rock of Cashel is a group of medieval limestone buildings that gained prominence during the 4th and 5th centuries as the seat of the kings of Munster. If you vis ... read more
Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Blarney

Irish Flag 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
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