We had a wonderful day. The sun was shining. It was still cool however. The four things we wanted to see were open. Sadly we were unable to take photos inside the Swiss Cottage. It would have been nice. The cottage was quite interesting. It only had 4 rooms. None of the Butler Family ever stayed overnight. It was day entertaining only. In order to not obstruct the view 9 tenant cottages were taken down. The tenants were given accommodation elsewhere on the estate. I thought I would rather live here than in Kilkenny.
The Rock of Cashel turned out to be a cathedral and not a castle. Cathedral or castle it could be seen for miles all around the valley. The cathedral is in ruins however restoration is taking place. They are trying save as much of the wall paintings that had been covered up with plaster over the years. Now they have to be preserved from the elements.
Soon we found our next lodging in Kilkenny. When we were leaving to go out for supper we met some people checking in. After we returned from supper, a young man that had checked in earlier entered our room by mistake. After yelling "Oh God!!!" he closed the door and headed to his own room. Later we went back out to the bar where we had supper for the live music entertainment. Low and behold the young man was also in the bar with the people he was travelling with. He came over to apologize for earlier. We had a good laugh about it all.
We really enjoyed the entertainment at the bar. There was a group of older women from Dublin enjoying an evening out. They did a lot of dancing at the back of the bar. Three of them sang when the musicians asked if anyone wished to sing. They were very good. Also a man from Nashville and a woman from Iowa each sang two songs. Both of these people were wonderful to listen to. We called it a night just before 11.
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