This entry will focus on the first day of our tour proper in which we began our travels on the tour bus with our fearless leader, Tommy O'Reilly. I was paired with Nancy on the bus and we all settled in to our new mode of travel which included long periods of Tommy sharing his endless Irish wisdom and boundless knowledge of Irish history with us, interspersed with Irish music. Our first stop was the Rock of Cashel. Well, actually it was more like we saw it from a distance as we stopped on the side of the roadway. It was a beautiful sight. But alas, we were not going up to it, this was just a picture stop. So on we went. The next stop was Blarney Castle. This was the biggie for the day...Well,
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