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Itsie-bitsie, teensie-weensie ROADS

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Someone needs to explain to the Irish that the width of a road cannot be less than the width of a vehicle.  Now that that is off of my chest, Ireland is wonderful! I met mom in the airport the evening of September 30 and we have been road tripping ever since. We drove to Cork for two nights, Killarney for one night, Kinvarra for one night, and now we are in our accommodation in Garvagh (Northern Ireland) for tonight. Along the way we have visited: - Blarney Castle (and kissed the Blarney Stone) - the Rock of Cashel  - Cahir Castle - St. Finn Barre's Cathedral (in Cork) - drove the Ring of Kerry - Staigue Fort ( Iron Age stone ring fort) - Cliffs of Moher (hiked 4 miles from the visitors centre to Doolin) - DANGLED MY FEET OFF THE CLIFF - Spend the night in a traditional thatch cottage with a castle view out of our bedroom window - visited the Ceide Fields (6000 year old Neolithic settlement preserved by a bog) A lot for four days, right? We're both tired. We're both sick. W...