Eire - Last Day - Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Stradbally

The last day in Ireland was a full one. We visited a beautiful old place called Jerpoint Abbey and then proceeded to find the stomping grounds of the clan Cosby before they came to Canada. We also took a tour of Kilkeeny Castle.




This is a Cadbury whippy. It is a soft-serve ice cream cone with a rolled stick of chocolate in it. Price: varies
Satisfaction: guaranteed
Best Before: about 5 minutes in current heat.

Kilkeeny Castle. nice, if you got the means and servants to maintain it.

Stradbally is home of the Cosby's for 500 yrs. They arrived with Cromwell to put down the Irish. We tried not to put anyone down this time.

Stradbally town. It's a one street, working-man's town.

Official Cosby tomb.

Old graveyard with official Cosby church (under which is Cosby's tomb) and lots of various Cosby's 6 feet under.

Cosby church in ruins--symbolic??

Stradbally Hall aka Chez Cosby.

Knock hard Sandra or they won't hear you. (Stradbally's front door--which looks out at the sheep munching the front lawn.

That's right. You've seen this room before in Lassie Returns. (Inside Stradbally.)

There was a whole series of taxidermied rodents arranged in various stages of a boxing match. Weird man, weird. (Inside the now lack-lustre Stradbally, too.)