Our last day in Dingle was spent doing an "eco tour" of the Blasket Islands area. We boarded a small boat at 1:00 and left for the Great Blasket Island. This is the largest of the Blasket Islands. Once inhabited, now it is a place for people to go on day hikes or to stay alone on an island in a cottage. Miles opted for us to skip visiting the island. We had to pick up people who visited the island and then visited some of the neighboring islands to view the birds and some seals.
One of the islands had a few deer on the island as well.
The last part of the boat trip had us in the open waters, searching for marine life. We encountered many pods of dolphins, who often chased our boat, swimming underneath it as well. We also spotted minke whales, but I was not able to take a photo of them in time, as they would resurface in random spots, quite far away.
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| The view on the way back. |
The next day we began our journey towards Dublin Airport, with our destination for the day being Cashel. We made a brief stop, halfway there, at Kanturk Castle.
A few minutes away from Cashel, we stopped at Athassel Abbey. We drove to the Google Maps location for it that had reviews. It brought us to the middle of nowhere. Then, we tried the other spot nearby that also showed it as the abbey, but with no reviews. This also brought us to nothing. This time though, we passed a spot that looked like it had a small spot to park. We pulled over there, and sure enough there were small stone steps to get over the fence and approach the abbey.
The location was remote and the remains of the abbey was spread out in a large field next to a field with cows. We had the entire place to ourselves. It was wonderful.
Our next stop was our bed and breakfast in Cashel.
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