Today is out easy day. I wanted to find the Ogham Stones in Dunloe. We missed them yesterday I was very interested after googling them. We did find them. It had been pouring just before we arrived but stopped for us to look at the stones and take pictures.
We toured Ross Castle and Muckross House. In both places we were unable to take photos. Ross castle was a 15th century tower house. At one point the owners did not want to pay a roof tax so they burnt it. They left it to ruin. We heard what it would have been like to live in it in the 15th century. Not a good way to live.
Muckross House was built over 4 years from 1839-1843. It was much bigger than Ross Castle. Muckross is the word for pigs head in Gaelic. The house was a beautiful inside. Two nice things for me were the chairs in each room that I could sit on and an elevator to take between floors. Our tour guide was funny as she was quite abrupt. When she was finished a room we all moved on. Part of the first floor was like it was when Queen Victoria visited in 1861. They were very proud of this visit. A month before she arrived she sent a letter stating "Please to not go to any extra effort for my visit." The town of Killarney had spent 6 months preparing for her visit.
Lastly we went to see Torc Waterfalls. These are in the National Park. It was very busy. The day had turned out to be very nice. I was a little worried as children were playing around on the rocks at the base of the falls. One miss step and you could be going down the rapids. No one fell however. The falls were impressive.
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