On Wednesday we took the train to Cobh which is the main emigration port following the great Famine of 1846-48. Maritime history at the Queenstown Story - the major heritage centre in the town. It is also the last port of call for the Titanic before it set sail for America and hit the iceberg.
The spire of St. Colman's cathedral dominates the sky. The spire is 100 m high and it's tower houses a carillon of 47 bells- the largest in Ireland. It is a huge magestic church on a hillside overlooking the town. Again we had to climb up the hill to get to it, but it was worth it.
We travelled by train to Malahide. It was an all day trip but a nice train ride. Today we are in Malahide and staying at the Grand Hotel. It is a massive hotel with lots of corridors but a nice pub where we had dinner last night. Our room wasn't ready when we arrived so she booked us in another and it has air conditioning. The temperature today is 22 C. The Irish keep saying that they can't believe the beautiful weather they are having. We had rain one day out of the 2 weeks that we have been here and one shower. It lasted long enough for us get our umbrellas up and it stopped.
We toured Malahide castle today. It is over 800 years old and has been inhabited by the Talbot family for the entire 800 years. Rose Talbot moved out in 1975 and gave the castle to the town when she left.
We head for home and Canada tomorrow morning. By the time I get home I will have been up for 24 hours because of the time change. The worst jetlag is going back to Canada so I may not blog for a few days.
Peggy.
1 comment:
You've had an absolutely wonderful trip. I've looked forward to your daily blogging and have enjoyed reading every one of them. Can't you stay in ireland another week or so so that I can continue to read more? Have a good trip back. Love to you and Lynda,
Christine
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