Jaunting Cars and Ross Castle

This morning we took a ride in the jaunting cars, otherwise known as horse drawn carriages. We took a lovely drive around Killarney Park to view Ross Castle. We got there before it opened, so we just got to view the outside.

              Our driver took a picture for us.

Our driver, Raymond, was quiet a character. He kept the jokes coming. According to Liam, the men from Co. Kerry are always the butt of the joke. In fact, people make a career of writing Kerryman jokes. Raymond was both clever and funny. He is a fisherman in the winter and drives a jaunting car in tourist season.

View of the jaunting car in front of us.  Per Raymond, the horses work 2 days on and 2 days off, and they get new shoes every month.

Thatched cottage along our route in the park.

     Wild yellow irises along our route.

Ross Castle, built for the O'Donoghue chieftains in the first half of the 15th century.

                   Ricky with the cannon.