I was very lucky there were a couple days with absolutely beautiful weather. I think you can appreciate how nice it is to drive around when you can get out, walk around and enjoy a cup of coffee outside and not have to worry about the rain. So it was on to Kerry.
Adare
Foynes
I went to this place because I was told of an interesting history, all of it true or not is something that I have not confirmed. I talked to somebody in a pub about the origins of the Irish coffee. As I remember what I read there was a fellow who got a concession at Shannon airport two provide some beverages to people who arrived from the US on this closest airport in Europe to the US. He devised the Irish coffee in the 1950s I believe. It might’ve been in the early 60s. The fellow said that the first Irish coffee was served at this airport which was the first airport connecting the US to Europe with direct flights but they were on pontoon planes which would land here in this inlet. But the information here indicates they stopped these flights in 1945 which seems to be a little too early for Irish coffee to have been invented but more investigation is in order. Anyway, there is a museum in this little town with the aircraft which flew the Atlantic nonstop. It was closed when I went there but it should be open in April.
Tarbert Bridewell courthouse and jail
Listowel
