{"id":195,"date":"2014-03-18T11:02:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T19:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=195"},"modified":"2015-09-24T12:01:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T20:01:35","slug":"saint-patricks-day-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/saint-patricks-day-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/saint-patricks-day-revisited\/\" data-text=\"Saint Patrick&#038;%238217;s Day revisited\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Writing <a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=186\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday&#8217;s Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day post <\/a>brought back fond memories of my 2009 trip to Ireland. \u00a0Though to be truthful the actual experience was somewhat stressful since we did not book a tour. \u00a0Rather we made our own reservations, rented cars and drove ourselves around. \u00a0So there was a fair amount of feeling a little &#8220;lost&#8221;. \u00a0At least they spoke English &#8211; sort of. \u00a0Going back through my pictures, I thought I would share a few more with you. \u00a0Again, you can click on the image to see a larger version. \u00a0If you&#8217;d like any more info, ask in the comments and I&#8217;ll answer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_196\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/saint-patricks-day-revisited\/attachment\/000511\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-196\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-196\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000511-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lismore Castle\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000511-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000511-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000511-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lismore Castle<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lismore_Castle\">Lismore Castle<\/a> in County Waterford, once owned by Sir Walter Raleigh. \u00a0The site has been occupied since the 7th Century, but the current buildings were built in the mid-18th century. \u00a0We did not go inside as the grounds were closed at the time we were passing through the area.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/saint-patricks-day-revisited\/attachment\/000504\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-197\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000504-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Town of Dungarven in the distance\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000504-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000504-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000504-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Town of Dungarvan in the distance<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the view of the town of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dungarvan\">Dungarvan<\/a> from one of the places we stayed in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/County_Waterford\">County Waterford,<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seaviewdungarvan.com\/\">Seaview B&amp;B<\/a>. \u00a0A very nice place reasonably priced &#8211; I recommend it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_198\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/saint-patricks-day-revisited\/attachment\/000596\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-198\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000596-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A typical Irish town. I do not recall the name of this one where we made a rest stop. \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000596-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000596-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000596-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical Irish town. I do not recall the name of this one where we made a rest stop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Here is a main street of a typical Irish town. \u00a0I believe the pink building on the left is a pub. \u00a0There is <em>always<\/em> a pub.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_200\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/saint-patricks-day-revisited\/attachment\/000687\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000687-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Here's a better shot\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000687-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000687-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000687-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s a better shot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yep..I was right. \u00a0It&#8217;s Danny O&#8217;Shea&#8217;s. \u00a0No google listing. \u00a0There is a D. O&#8217;Shea&#8217;s Hotel on google but this isn&#8217;t it.<\/p>\n<p>OK, that&#8217;s all for now. \u00a0If you want to see more or know any more about the subject, please inquire in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Writing yesterday&#8217;s Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day post brought back fond memories of my 2009 trip to Ireland. \u00a0Though to be truthful the actual experience was somewhat stressful since we did not book a tour. \u00a0Rather we made our own reservations, rented cars and drove ourselves&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2183,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}