So we left Limerick to make our way down to Cork.

The journey took us via Cahir, Co. Tipperary, where we stopped and had lunch at the Lazy Bean Cafe.  It was quite interesting as though it did have chairs outside it was also a “hole in the wall” where you could order food boxes etc.  We sat on some benches in the street to eat.

Manda managed to get a postcard and to post it in the local post office, to our friend Irene.

We are also going to check out the museum in the town but when we got to it, it was closed.  The town also had a castle – most Irish towns do! – but that too was closed.

So we left to continue our journey to Cork and we planned to stop off at the Michelstown Caves.  These were  discovered accidentally on the 3rd of May 1833, by Michael Condon who was quarrying limestone when he dropped his crowbar into a crevice.

To get into the caves, especially for Steve and Shaun was quite an event as the entrance way was so low.  Quite dramatic inside and they have a couple of places in the cave where they hold music concerts and educational talks.

Of course a bit slippery but quite interesting…..

So we continued on our way to Ballincollig where we were booked into the Oriel House hotel for 4 days: