After our adventures in Paris, next stop was Ireland. As noted in previous blogs, we head over to Cork/Killarney every couple of years and part of the attraction of the Rhone cruise was that it allowed us to end up in Paris was the ease of getting from their to Cork.
Our usual stopping off point in Cork (the International Airport Hotel) was not allowing any bookings (even back in April when we started looking) so we were trying out a new destination - the Maryborough Hotel just on the outskirts of Cork City. We arrived in the afternoon in the middle of a wedding but were shown to our rooms despite the smartly dressed hordes around us. We were greeted by sparkling wine and a great views of the woods and manicured lawns that surround the hotel - very pleasant and we had a lovely walk around the grounds before an excellent Dinner in the evening.
The next morning we went back to the airport to pick up the hire car - an upgrade to an enormous Volvo (CX90) was very welcome and 1.5 hours later we were parking up at Adrigole GAA for the sheep and duck racing.
As with our last visit the weather was kind - maybe not quite the blazing sunshine of 2023 - but certainly very pleasant and Hungry Hill a picture in the distance.
We met up with the Irish cousins (Adrigole branch) who were manning the food stalls and generally soaking up the atmosphere and K, A, C, and D (plus kids) joined us just in time for the sheep racing.
Despite cheering our selection on, unfortunately we came away empty handed in terms of our selection but fortunately V and A demonstrated more determination than the sheep in persevering with the huge queues for the ice creams so we were able to cool down before heading off to Castletownbere for the next stage of the afternoon entertainment- the annual BBQ at Uncle Ks.
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