The ancient and still very active Fin Barre cathedral of Cork is very much worth a visit. It is Gothic in form, has beautiful colorful Romantic period stained glass windows, Italian mosaic cancel floors, a 4000 pipe organ, most of its furnishing in highly polished brass, marvelous details everywhere, and a wonderfully friendly staff.
Castle and Gardens
The much visited Blarney site sounds like just contortionist kissing of an old rock in some suicidal part of a crumbling castle ruin, but we skipped that and found the rest of the experience most worthwhile. The castle ruin is impressive.
The gardens are envy inducing.
And all the touristy points are still charming.
I have a huge number of photos to share with you later.
The streams look nice, and refreshing. :)
ReplyDeleteSarah, i hope you know how blessed you are to have a husband who will, and can
ReplyDeletetake you on such a fantastic trip, and drive you all over at leisure, and have
patience while you take all these photos. Marvelous trip! and photos. Thanks
for letting us share.
I do know. He is the BEST.
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