all good things...

...must come to an end ...even holidays!

Here are some of the leftover shots from our lovely (and broadly documented!) trip to Kinsale!

Colourful streets

Soup, pizza and salad. The picnic we had planned that day was abandoned due to rain!

Shhh! He actually whistles when he does this!

Straw entertainment ¿?

Fishing boats on the dock.

Ice-cream concentration

Yes, whichever way you turn... sooner or later you'll end up in Kinsale!

Clonakilty St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Kinsale Farmers' Market

A brighter day.

Cloud reflection.

Where, oh where, oh where is shadow?

The Beach Boys!

Ding, dong, dell... what is in the well?

The mad driver!

Doubling up on the slide

Heading downtown.

I told you I had a thing about dogs!

A stain on my shirt? Where?!

Sit down, Mummy!

Daisy attack!!

From shore to shore.

Summer cove.

Up and over.

Moooo...

Portable dominoes!

Morning face.

I wonder...

A stop-off on the way home to Dublin.

A robin who just flew in to say hello.

fishy fishy

With a name like that, we just knew we'd like the place!

And we weren't wrong! We went back twice in the week that we were in Kinsale and, although it's a little pricey, it was worth every penny.

Things were busy so we had to wait a while to be seated, but there was a nice waiting area and Daddy took Lorcan for a stroll while he took his nap.

So this is Lorcan's post-nap 'where-am-i?' face!


Mmm mussels... I don't care where I eat them, they're always my favourite :)

And the seafood chowder was goooood too.

The cool porthole windows in the bathroom were a hit with the boys

So, now you know, if you're ever in Kinsale and don't know where to go for good food, you need to get yourself to Fishy Fishy.

back to the beach

We went back to our self-proclaimed 'Jamrobber Cove' for more fun by the seashore...

Charles Fort, Kinsale

We were warned that we might get blown out of it if we went up to Charles Fort on a breezy day... but since there was no guaranteeing the weather was going to get any better, we headed on up. Cold and windy and drizzly it was... but we still loved it!

This view (borrowed from here) shows what the Fort looks like from above. It's enormous and its spectacular pentagonal shape hangs right over the water's edge.

At the entrance, we stopped to read this memorial to the Spanish Armada:

This is the site of the Battle of Kinsale (which formed part of the Anglo-Spanish war), when the Spanish and Irish Catholic forces joined in an attempt to beat the invading Protestant enemy. The Catholic defeat at Kinsale tragically marked the ultimate battle of England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland.

{En castellano aquí}

I don't know about you, but I get goosebumps when I step into history like this!