Landed in Dublin at 4:45 AM after a quite decent flight over. Started watching Fargo on the Aer Lingus inflight entertainment system. Love it. Will pick that up on the way home! Breezed through immigration and customs and then quite the little hike to the hotel shuttle bus location but with a couple of phone calls (thank you project Fi) …

Bit of a late start this morning as I slept until 8. Hotel breakfast was fabulous with baked beans, Irish sausage, eggs, rolls, and more! Took the shuttle back to the airport to get our rental car and then drove to Newgrange. Very nice BMW Newgrange is one of quite a few passage tombs built in the Neolithic Era that …

We arrived in Tandragee Friday around noon and were treated to a wonderful barbecue and visit with Lara, Sarah, and Molly. Wish I had taken some pictures but will make sure I do so when we see them tomorrow for lunch at the Potbelly pig. A beautiful morning dawned today (Saturday) but there was an ominous forecast for rain, thunder …

Maurice took us into Lurgan this morning for a walk around Lurgan Park. Don’t believe I have been there before! We first had a look at Lord Lurgan’s house which is pretty staggeringly large. The park was part of his grounds as well so he had quite the spread. During WWII the house was used to billet American soldiers, including …

We left Tandragee around 10, headed for a night in Portrush followed by a day trip to Rathlin Island. We made a couple of stops for shopping and lunch and then arrived at Carrick a Rede bridge Lots of tour buses in the parking lot The walk out to the bridge was just beautiful but Liz and I decided to …

Final day, it came so fast! Maurice took us to Lurgan in the morning to see the WW II exhibition at Brownlow house. The house is beautiful and now hosts a tea room, weddings and quite an extensive exhibit about the American presence in the area during WWII. Certainly interesting to me as I would not be here if an …