September 6 - Day 41 Doolin to Killarney

We woke up and headed out early to make our way to Killarney, but before we left Doolin entirely we stopped at the Cliffs of Moher to have the look that we didn't get the day before. We got there before the site officially opened, but were still able to get to the lookout.

It was a bit gloomy...

...but we made our way anyway...

...and it was worth it...

O'Brien's Tower

The tower was built in 1835 by local landlord Cornelius O'Brien as a viewing point for the tourists that even then were flocking to the Cliffs.

Constance enjoying the view.

If you look closely to this last picture, you can see a man standing very near the edge. He turned out to be a park ranger...a very handsome ranger...with very handsome steely blue eyes. He let us borrow his binoculars to have a look a falcon, but we didn't get his name. Not that it would have mattered - in Constance's opinion he was too old for me and too young for her. Oh well!

We got to Killarney without a place to stay, but the tourist information people found us a very nice hotel called the Earls Court House, just on the edge of town. After a brief walk around town we had dinner at a nearby restaurant called Kayne's Bistro. Good food, good atmosphere...and a bottle of wine!