ireland {2014}

kevin and i were able to go to ireland for a week.  we ditched the kid and had an adventure overseas!  we landed in dublin, spent a day there, and then drove to galway for a day, followed by the cliffs of moher, then kilkenny, stayed in a castle in wexford (!!!!!), and then back to dublin for a day before taking off back to reality (i.e. home).  it was a grand adventure.  we saw lots of castles and ruins, gorgeous scenery (seriously, the whole country was colored by crayola....so pretty), made random stops, had some amazing food, and enjoyed being sans kid for a week.  between the two of us, we managed to take 1,313 photos.  i know, we're ridiculous.  and before kevin rats me out, i will tell you i was obsessed with the georgian-era doors (and other style doors, too) and took 137 photos of doors.  just doors.  did i mention i'm obsessed with architectural details?  and the georgian-era doors in ireland hit pretty high on my inner-geek scale.  below is a small sampling of our 1,313 photos.

ha'penny bridge and the river liffey
{dublin}

the irish famine memorial.  this gets me right in the feels.
{customs quay, dublin}

ha'penny bridge
{dublin}

christ church cathedral
{dublin}

door obsession
{christ church cathedral, dublin} 

we found a castle!
we came across it while driving to the cliffs of moher and had to stop and walk around.  so pretty!
{dunguaire castle}

the cliffs of moher.  it looked like a movie set.

seriously, how is this place real?
{cliffs of moher}

the scenery as we drove down the motorway. just gorgeous.

kilkenny castle

kilkenny castle

a post office box from queen victoria's time.
you can see her insignia at the bottom.

the colors!  the details!  

our hotel in wexford
{castle kiliane}

ferns castle

farewell dublin.  it's been grand!