June 09

On Mary's first day here, we had a phone call from Lea Anne Brooks, who worked with me in Early Childhood. She and her family were in Adare, Co. Limerick on holiday and coming to Kerry. They stopped by the next morning and we had a great visit/reunion! (I felt much better than I look even though I was only 2 days out of hospital!)

On the Saturday after the 21st birthday party (see separate post) we took a tour of North Kerry. We went to Carrigafoyle Castle and Ballybunion, where we finally got the traditional Virgin Rock picture of Mary - she somehow avoided this on her last visit!








And the following day we had a very musical day - church and hymns in the am, then to Killarney for the Co. Kerry music festival/contest and the open air ceile - look at all these dancers! Then we rushed back to Tralee for the Pipe Parade, which closed a day of contests for them. It was colorful and fun.