A great night’s sleep and a good breakfast with fresh yogurt and berries and I had porridge, and a boiled egg and John had an omelet. Grainne makes homemade scones and today was blueberry and they were delicious! We met a guy from Colorado and another couple from California.
We had a town tour at 9:15 with a local guide to get some history about the town. It lasted about an hour, and he had great stories to tell and a really good sense of humor.
After the tour, we headed towards Midleton for a quick lunch at Ferrit & Lee. We split the mushroom soup, a beef roll and a side salad. We then headed for our guided tour at 1 pm at Midelton Distillery where we all tried four different whiskeys. The Midelton, which is the most expensive, is the one I liked best, lol! I had a mixed drink, a Jameson sour, that was very good! I’m not a whiskey drinker, but don’t mind it in a mixed drink.
Headed back to the BNB and then walked to Kinsale Crystal where they make their products in their shop unlike Waterford, we were told. The master cutter used to work for Waterford and decided to branch out on his own. His wife and son run the business, and the son has been taught how to cut as well to keep the tradition of deep cutting going. We bought a set of four different whiskey tumblers and are having them shipped home. They are gorgeous!
Back to walking some more and the guys stopped for a coffee, and I saw carrot cake, so I had to get that for dessert later, lol! Michelle was looking for ginger ale to mix with her whiskey, which she found, so we came back and played cards for a while.
We met up for dinner at The White House at 7 pm and John had a cup of chowder, and we split the sea bass. Food and service were great!. Took a walk after dinner and then back to the BNB.
Packed up a few things and called it a night. We really enjoyed our stay in Kinsale and it’s a beautiful little town. We wish we had booked one more day! We head to Waterville tomorrow.
Love the name, lol!The Anne Bonny mural on the Stoney Steps. She was a legendary 18th-century pirate and is said to have been born near the Old Head of Kinsale around the end of the 1600s. She eventually sailed in the Caribbean with the pirate Calico Jack Rackham, fought alongside his crew, and helped give rise to the her lasting reputation as a rebellious, non-conforming figure. “Well-behaved women seldom make history” comes from Lauren Thatcher Ulrich, who first wrote the line in a 1976 scholarly article and Anne Bonny happens to be one of “those women”. A reproduction of a 1915 recruitment poster to persuade Irish men to enlist in the British Army. The Lusitania was torpedoed by German U-boat U-20 on May 7, 1915. It sank in about 18 minutes off the Old Head of Kinsale, on Ireland’s south coast, killing 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard. It’s a vivid reminder of how a tragedy just off Kinsale’s coast turned into powerful wartime propoganda.All the pretty colored buildings!As well as the beautiful flowers!Our tour guide showing us the “fairy” door on at the shop. This is a popular place for the little girls to come and have their pictures taken. The shop sells handmade jewellery, crafts, and art pieces.Mushroom soup and beef roll for lunch!Happy stop at Midleton!The huge copper pot still, considered the largest pot still ever built, with a capacity of around 140,000 liters (about 3700 gallons!), now retired and kept as a showpiece.Love how they did their display!Of course, my fav was the Midleton Very Rare, lol! It was the smoothest, in my opinion.What a fun tasting!The Jameson SourBack in Kinsale – LOVE all the ivy!!!In Kinsale Crystal, where you can see one of the machines they use to cut their glass. Love how it’s family owned. Grainne buys all of her crystal from them, which is how we found out about them.We saw this earlier on our tour and came back to grab a photo. It’s in the Kinsale Museum is basically a price list from the late 18th century, showing exactly what traders had to pay to do business in Kinsale. At that time Kinsale was an important port and trading town, so the town corporation used these customs and tolls as a major source of income from merchants and farmers bringing good through the harbor and market.We were about to play cards and had to take a picture of how the table was set so we wouldn’t mess it up for breakfast in the morning, lol!!!! Notice the crystal glasses and milk pitcher.A warm cup of chowderAnd delicious sea bassA quick walk back to the BNB after dinner and another colorful picture of one of the streets.
