Day 4 - From Limerick to Co. Clare & "Heaven"

Leaving Limerick at 930, we headed north with me navigating (Johannes was not at all thrilled because he "couldn't see from the backseat." Well, now he knows how I felt for 2 days!) I was in heaven as soon as we crossed into Clare county. I knew where I was. I knew where we were going. And it was wonderful. We were originally going to spend the day at Coole Park, but because we left so early & it only took an hour to get to Gort, we decided to detour to Thor Ballylee, home of Yeats. I knew it would be closed, but we could at least get out & walk around the grounds.

Thoor Ballylee







From Thor Ballylee we drove the 6km to Coole Park, home of Lady Augusta Gregory & the haunt of many well-known writers - William Butler Yeats & George Bernard Shaw are the most notable. There I was able to wander for hours & just be happy. I wish we had time to run up to Ballyvaughan as that would have put me in the best of moods, but the Germans would have none of that.

Coole Park