Pub in Kenmare, Sunday Night

Had a wonderful meal last night with an Irish waiter who made the entire meal fun. We gave him a Kennedy half dollar and he really enjoyed it, said he would put it in his coin collection. Then we found a pub with old Gaelic singers. There was an accordion player and a singer. It was difficult to understand their dialect, but you would swear we were watching the Lawrence Welk show. There were many older couples ballroom dancing to the music. There was an 80 year old gentleman, who was quite spry and could dance rather well traveling throughout the room asking different women to dance. As you are probably aware of, pubs are meeting places as well as bars. If you don't want to sit in your hotel at night, you go to the pub to hear music and talk with the people. Perhaps a drink or two also. Fun, fun, night. Really, a good example of Gaelic traditional life and music. We have just left Sea Shore Farms where we have stayed the past few days in Kenmare. Mary Pat and Owen O'Sullivan are the owners. They bent over backwards to do whatever we needed. Always telling us where to travel, traditional Irish breakfasts. We gave them both a half dollar when we left and they went on about our generosity. I hope you are enjoying the trip. 2 days left. We are now heading to Cork to Blarney Castle, then Rock of Cashel, then to Waterford. Weather dark, rainy.