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June 7
We’re spending most of today washing, cleaning and packing for tomorrow’s flight. Around 1 we decided to take a break and eat. Neither of us felt like cooking so we decided to go into Scarriff, a beautiful little town about … Continue reading
June 6
Gerard Madden’s book “History of the O’Maddens of Hy” suggested we could find a lot of “Madden” graves in Clonfert at the Clonfert Cathedral, about 29 miles from where we are staying in Mountshannon. So after a restful morning, we … Continue reading
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June 5
We didn’t go anywhere today. Just lazed around, read, napped, did what one is supposed to do on vacation. Nothing. Sorry, no pictures. I did go into town to find a copy of a book written by a local writer, … Continue reading
June 4
Today is our 40th wedding anniversary. We used to wonder if we’d make it this far. Now we can wonder how we made it this far. Through love and the grace of God. We are celebrating by going to Bunratty … Continue reading
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June 3
Today we decided to take a drive around the lake. The shoreline of Lough Derg is actually 111 miles around, and on the small windy Irish roads, that means a 4 or 5 hour trip. We left Mountshannon around noon … Continue reading
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June 2
Today we headed back to the Burren. We stopped in Corrofin yesterday just shy of the Burren, and decided to go back today. From Mountshannon it’s a little over an hours drive, 68 km or 42 miles to Kilfenora where … Continue reading
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June 1
The bugs were terrible last night and I stayed up late to read on my book. When I began to think about going to bed and sleeping, the little flying, crawly things already had my number. They were circling my … Continue reading
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Doing Laundry
The Irish, like the British and probably the Europeans, have their own way of doing things. Their cars are small. Their refrigerators are small. Their washing machines are small In fact their washing machine will handle only about 1/3 the … Continue reading
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May 31
Sunday. Today was kind of a wash-out. We took off to find the Clare Heritage Centre over in the town of Corofin with hopes of doing a little genealogical research on the Maddens and Flemings. We headed back to Ennis … Continue reading
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May 30
We are living in a cottage behind one of three homes on a small country road called Knockaphort. Knockaphort is about a half of a mile long, heading east off of R352 and ending up at a dock on Lough … Continue reading
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