{"id":1591,"date":"2012-07-31T06:41:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T05:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:39:21","slug":"gills-irish-highlights-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/gills-irish-highlights-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Gill&#8217;s Irish Highlights \u2013 Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Half way through our <a title=\"Irish Highlights 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/destinations\/europe\/ireland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Irish Highlights<\/span><\/strong><\/a> trip and we were on our way north to the Cliffs of Moher. Not far into our journey we stopped at a little gift shop and were presented with complimentary Irish Coffees at the door! Oh my soul, Irish Coffee at 9am! You&#8217;ve got to love the Irish!!<\/p>\n<p>We headed off again, bound for the ferry which took us (and our coach) on the short trip across the Shannon River. We then drove on through very pretty countryside, not as rugged as yesterday, but lovely mountains, farms, isolated houses and small villages. We saw a few traditional thatched houses, an amazing golf course, an area famed for its surfing.<\/p>\n<p>We got to the Cliffs of Moher in time for a walk around before lunch. The cliffs were absolutely stunning! We thoroughly enjoyed our walk around the viewing area, seeing the cliffs and views over Galway Bay. And the interactive exhibition at the visitors centre was amazing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1592\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/07\/81.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1592\" title=\"Pictures don't do them justice \u2013 the Cliffs of Moher were HUGE!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/07\/81.jpg\" alt=\"Pictures don't do them justice \u2013 the Cliffs of Moher were HUGE!\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictures don&#8217;t do them justice \u2013 the Cliffs of Moher were HUGE!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then it was off to our hotel just outside Limerick. We freshened up and then boarded the coach for our optional excursion to a traditional Irish ceilidh (pronounced kaylee) at nearby Bunratty Castle.<\/p>\n<p>We had a lovely evening. On arrival we were given the choice of a glass of mead \u2013 very delicious honeyed wine or Bailey&#8217;s on ice. The menu was good \u2013 three courses of traditional Irish food and a great big jug of red wine (surprisingly good)and another of white wine for each table. Between courses we were entertained with Irish dancing and singing. It was a really fun show. We got back on the coach and serenaded our <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Travel Director<\/span><\/strong>, Geraldine (bless her!) with various Irish songs\u2026 luckily it was a fairly short ride back to the hotel!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1593\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/07\/91.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1593\" title=\"The traditional Irish ceilidh was a really fun evening\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/07\/91.jpg\" alt=\"The traditional Irish ceilidh was a really fun evening\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The traditional Irish ceilidh was a really fun evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next morning, we went back to Bunratty Castle for a tour of the castle led by the dearest little elderly Irish man who I am convinced was a leprechaun in a past life! Then we were free to browse around the castle and the folk park.<\/p>\n<p>The folk park was absolutely amazing! It is an authentic replica of an Irish village from the 1800s. Some of the cottages were brought stone-by-stone from other places and reconstructed there. There were farm cottages of all sorts, one a poor tenant farmer&#8217;s cottage with the cattle stall in the house! There was a school house, a doctor&#8217;s surgery, a blacksmith&#8217;s shop, a pub and village shops. There were turf fires lit in the grates, animals wandering about, and in some of the exhibits, actors playing the roles of the people who would have lived there. Really, really awesome!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1594\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/07\/121.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1594\" title=\"We loved Bunratty Castle, but the 1800s village in the folk park was absolutely amazing!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/07\/121.jpg\" alt=\"We loved Bunratty Castle, but the 1800s village in the folk park was absolutely amazing!\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We loved Bunratty Castle, but the 1800s village in the folk park was absolutely amazing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From here, we headed to Galway where our first stop was the beautiful Galway Cathedral. 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