Limerick

After a lovely time in Dingle our fabulous taxi driver/tour guide Diarmud left us in Tralee where their local Rotary club drove us to Limerick after a stop for lunch. Thank you Cadance and Rory for the hospitality!

Next stop was Limerick where we spent 3 days enjoying the company of the Limerick Shannon and Limerick Thomond Rotary clubs, as well as another round of vocational visits. I visited Rotarian Gerry Reeves, Regional Manager at the Bank of Ireland. He had a wealth of knowledge to share with me, particularly with the economic downturn that has also greatly effected banking and credit in Ireland. Thank you Gerry and Bill for the great visit!

While in Limerick we also enjoyed a boat ride on the River Shannon up to Tipperary County with Rotarian John Ryan. We stopped at Larkins pub in Garrykennedy to enjoy the hurling final. If you've never heard of hurling, You Tube has some great footage of this exciting sport! We had a great time sitting with the locals as their home club Tipperary (or "Tip") won the final. Well done Tip!!!

We also had a visit to Bunratty castle for a medieval themed meal and a dinner hosted by the presidents of both local clubs. All in all, Limerick was great and we were again showed that famous Irish hospitality. I had a lovely time with my host family - thank you Anita, Michael, Ruth and Hugh for being so wonderful to me!

Onward to Galway!