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The Rock of Cashel

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Our visit to the Rock of Cashel was one of our best ideas on our Ireland trip. It is located in Tipperary, which is the county above Cork. It was about an hours drive up there so it  made for a perfect day trip. Plus, if you are going to visit Ireland it is one of the top things to see while there. St. Patrick made the shamrock the famous here by using it to explain the trinity and the views of the Irish country side are spectacular. Looking up to the ruins reminded us of our trip to Lake Taal in the Philippines. The Irish country side.  Goofing around and getting my highland dancing on. I wore my green pants because we were in Ireland.  The traditional Lyndon picture, standing a top a stone wall. I love the view. It was so beautiful. I love how green Ireland is. I guess it does pay off to rain so much to have it looking green year round.  The Rock is famous for a lot of things. One is that it is the largest set of ecclesiastical ruins in Ireland. It is not a cast

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral

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Christmas Day we went to St. Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork City Centre for Christmas Day mass. We attended Christmas Day mass at King's College while we were living in Cambridge and thought we would continue that tradition since we were in Ireland. I guess we could continue that tradition in the United States, but there is something about attending a service in these beautiful cathedrals. We like going because it helps focus the day on Christ and his birth. The service was beautiful. We sang O Little Town of Bethlehem to the tune a different hymn that for the life of me I cannot remember now. If I remember I will post it later. It was amazing! Lyndon and I have been humming it since.  St. Fin Barre's Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral which we kind of surprise since we were in Ireland which is mostly Catholic. It is built on the site that was the entrance to medieval Cork. It is St. Fin Barre's Cathedral because he established a monastery here and is said t