Killarney to Bunratty

Today we drove from Killarney to Bunratty and saw some sights along the way.

We crossed The Shannon River on a ferry. It was rainy and super windy. The crossing took 30 minutes, and the conditions were so harsh we didn't venture up to the viewing deck.

The beach near Spanish Point, so named because several Spanish ships went down in the water there.  There were people swimming in the waters along the beaches, even though the temperature was in the 50s with a stiff breeze.

Holy well of St. Bridget. Our guide, Liam, told us his friend, a geologist, took a water sample and advised Liam to tell his tour groups not to drink the water, because it had too much protein in it.  A rather large cemetery is right next to it and on a more elevated piece of land. Liam, with his dry sense of humor commented, "You wouldn't be wanting to take a bit o' the neighbors with you now!"