Europe 2019 : Week 1 – Digest Version

Day 1 & 2 Friday 9^th and Saturday 10^th August

Thirty hours door to door – 2 flights, and 1 drive. Spent the night in Naas about 45 minutes outside Dublin.

Day 3 Sunday 11^th August

Family history day for Robyn – driving down to Carlow, Kilkenny, Thomastown, Ballylooby and ended up in a country B&B on the outskirts of Marcroom.

Day 4 Monday 12^th August

Family history day for Robyn – driving around Macroom, Inchigeelagh, Kilmichael, Michael Collins memorial, Cooldorragha and on to a small boutique hotel in the town of Abbeyfeale.

Day 5 Tuesday 13^th August

Family history day for Robyn – from Abbeyfeale to the Cliffs of Moher amid loads of buses and other tourists. Then to Ennis, and a couple of hours in the Genealogical Centre. The day finished with Robyn finding the gravestone of her great-great-grandfather. Overnight in a country B&B again.

Day 6 Wednesday 14^th August

Family history day for Robyn – Corrifin for the Heritage Centre where we overstayed our time and had to extend the car for an extra day. Lots of good material for Robyn to work on. Then into Dublin, drop the bags off at the share house, park the car and then a party in the evening.

Day 7 Thursday 15^th August

Drop the car off after a hectic hunt for the lost car keys, first day of the convention for me. Lunch with the Harveys. Robyn wandered around town and then we all caught up for a Literary Pub Walking Tour.