LUTTRELL CASTLE(MARGIE'S MAIDEN NAME) IN LUTTRELLSTOWN, DUBLIN, IRELAND MAY 2012. WE GOT A TOUR OF THE CASTLE AND GARDENS.

GAP OF DUNLOE JUST OUTSIDE OF KILLARNEY, IRELAND MAY 2012

CLIFFS OF MOHER MAY 2012.

Thanks for sharing, John!   My brother, Larry, his wife Carolyn, and two of their grandchildren just returned from Ireland, would have been a hoot if y'all had run into each other.  Also, Paul Wood is enroute to Ireland to chase around one of those little white balls.  :)

I would love to pull a John Wayne, get a little thatched roof cottage in Ireland with a brook out front like in "The Quiet Man". 

Have always wanted to go to Ireland.  I'd be one who also wanted to play 'cow pasture pool'.  I'd also like to try to famed courses in Scotland.

BILLY, MARGIE AND I  WENT TO CONG, CO MAYO, IRELAND TO VISIT THE "THE QUIET MAN"  PLACES. AS A PART OF THE TOUR, THE GUIDE HAD SOME OF US DRESS UP LIKE THE PEOPLE IN THE MOVIE. JUST A HAT OR COAT OR  A LITTLE SOMETHING. I DRESSED AS VICTOR MCLAGLEN AND MARGIE DRESSED AS MILDRED NATWICK DID.  THEN WE HAD TO SAY A COUPLE OF LINES GIVEN TO US TO SAY.  WE ALSO SAW THE HOME OF THE "DEAD MAN" THAT GOT OUT OF HIS BED TO SEE THE FIGHT. THE PEOPLE OF CONG LIVE THE "QUIET MAN" EVERY DAY.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

JOHNNY  AND MARGIE

BILL,

JUST TO PUT THINGS IN CONTEXT, I DO HAVE GOLF CLUBS BUT I HAVE NOT PLAYED IN 15 YEARS. MY HANDICAP WILL ALWAYS THE 35.

IRELAND IS BIG ON TWO THINGS, GOLF AND BEER(GUINNESS AND SMITHWICKS).

FOR EXAMPLE, GOLF; OUR TOUR GUIDE CALLED HOME THE NIGHT BEFORE THE END OF OUR 9 DAY TOUR TO TELL HIS WIFE( HE KINDA ASK) THAT HE WAS GOING TO PLAY GOLF BEFORE HIS 2 HOUR DRIVE HOME.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE GOLF COURSES WE SAW WAS AT LAHINCH. ANOTHER COURSE WE SAW HAD BOGS AS THE ROUGH. AT BOTH COURSES YOU HAD TO CONTEND WITH THE ATLANTIC WIND.

AT "LADY MARGIE'S" GOLF COURSE, OUTSIDE OF DUBLIN  IT COST E125 TO PLAY IN 2006. IN 2012 DURING THE WEEK YOU CAN PLAY FOR E25-35 A ROUND. SEE MARGIE'S CASTLE ABOVE THAT HAS A GOLF COURSE. TOO MANY GOLF COURSES.  BY THE WAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RENT THE CASTLE FOR A DAY IT COST E8000.00 PER DAY OR $10,335.00 PER DAY. SOCCER PLAYER BECKUM GOT MARRIED THERE.

THERE IS A THIRD THING. AT A RETAIL STORE WE WERE SERVED BAILEYS IRISH COFFEE AS WE SHOPPED. WE WERE SERVED IT AT TWO OTHER PLACES AS I REMEMBER.

HAVE A GREAT DAY