Karyn's Day: Ireland 3rd Report To Killarney

The After Wedding Party took place at Callan's Bar, at the other end of the High St from The Shirley.
Around 7.30 a table was laid with large containers of curry and rice, where Best Man Blake and Bride's brother Richard proceeded to serve to all the guests who lined up.There was also a selection of finger food. More animated chat and jolliness! The singer from the wedding band played LOUD acoustic in the corner, with eventually a few appearances by the Ceremony singer, some friends and our Gary!
It was a raucous last hurrah.

Breakfast next morning was very subdued. I think the hectic pace had finally caught up with everyone...and it was also Farewell time.
So, with pressure on Colin to arrange a movie night back home, we loaded our bags in the car and exited Carrickmacross.

Gary drove the 7 hours to Killarney. To reach a slick motorway heading south-west we decided to go cross-country through many minor roads. An experience for Gary that included narrow roads lined to the driving edge with hedges, very uneven surfaces, blind bends, quaint narrow one-lane bridges, slowing right down behind impassable farming machinery, crawling through some larger towns with narrow streets and averaging about 70 kph. Still, it was very Irish. Never-ending green paddocks, hedgerows, double-storey rendered farm houses, cute villages all under a blue sky and a very weak sun.
Arrived Killarney about 4.30pm. Found our airbnb down Post Office Lane in the centre of town, eventually found somewhere to park the car and headed to a pub for a meal. Have only seen Killarney in the dark but it had the hallmarks of a well-established tourist town. The pub was jumping but they found us a table in the quiet dining area where we were eventually joined by several other groups. We enjoyed the peace after our other loud encounters at pubs!! A wander along the High St and its Christmas lights, grabbed some breakfast provisions from the Centra store, before a very early night.