The Frawleys' Homesickness Cures: Scenery on the Other Side of the World

The Irish Easter found us in Co Kerry and Clare. The weight of advice we had to see the famous 'Ring of Kerry' had taken its toll, and this became our provisional target while based in Killarney. The children helped us establish our priority activities, weighing magnificent vistae against 4kg wooly mammoth teeth, scenic cafes against Ireland's most advertsied aquarium.
This calculation placed the Dingle Peninsula a short nose ahead of the more famous 'Ring', and I gotta tall ya, teeth that weight 4kg are more impressive than I was prepared for! A Belgian fisherman dragged the largest complete wooly mammoth skull in the world out of a lake some years ago, and the proprietor of a tiny museum in this spectacular part of Ireland managed to secure it for posterity.

The Dingle Peninsula seems to provide the images for about half the 'Beautiful Ireland' calendars you find in gift stores around the country. In addition to observing the natural wonders, you can turn a corner around a cliff face and bump into giant statues of Jesus Mary and Joseph {Herafter referred to as JMJ}, or be held up by a flock of scruffy sheep with pink or blue paint splashed on their backs. {See photos.}