It was planned as our driving day to get from the north west of the country to the south east as quickly as possible so the Google "shortest drive" was searched and the route planned.
We left Newport at about 9.30 and headed via Castlebar across the top on the N5 before turning south via Mullingar towards Tullamore where we stopped at the Tullamore Dew distillery where we enjoyed a very nice lunch and bought a couple of treats.
The transport curse struck again as we headed further south on the N80 as about 15 minutes out of Tullamore the notice came up that the N80 was closed and we had to return to Tullamore and divert on the 420 - a much longer drive of course. Eventually made it to Kilkenny which we visited in 2006 but stopped off again at the castle for a break and a bit more browsing at the excellent design centre there - nothing significant purchased though.
Continued our way south and got held up again with major roadworks just outside New Ross but got to the lovely Moyglare B&B about 5.30 which was a pretty good day's travel.
The "Coopers" pub just down the road is the best pub we've found in Ireland. Headed down there and had steak and Guinness pie, lamb shank, a couple of Guinnesses and Irish coffees to finish in front of a lovely coal fire and with great company. Is Ireland good or What? Not many pics tonight as most of the day was on the road.
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