VISIT TO KILLARNEY IN MAY 2009

Copyright Alec Fraser 2012: all rights reserved

On Tuesday 12 May we set out to Killarney, Eire. We travelled via Holyhead to a very smart hotel (The Glenview) just south of Dublin. The next day we went by coach to Killarney. We stopped off at the Jameson Whiskey distillery and arrived in Killarney at tea time. On Thursday we had a full programme organised by the Local tourism office. We visited Muckross Castle - we got there by Horse drawn 'Jaunty car' and later in the day we had a cruise from Ross Castle out onto Killarney Lake. This was followed by a civic reception at our hotel. Next morning we had a rehearsal and then time off to explore the Killarney area as we wished . That evening we sang in St Mary's Church of Ireland in Killarney.

Over the weekend we went on coach tours around the area - Saturday to the Bearsa Peninsula and Sunday to the Dingle area. That evening we joined the Kerry Choral Union to sing in St John's Church in Tralee. We returned to the Dublin area on Monday and had a riotous evening at the 'Merry Ploughboy ' pub. On Tuesday we reluctantly sailed away from Eire and got back to Lancaster about 7pm.