I found the picture of the poppy in front of a cottage in Adare. It reminded me of Georgia O'Keeffe who must surely have been Irish.
The road from Killarney to Limerick is so narrow that sometimes when two buses meet they must maneuver slightly off the road to pass. The countryside is unbelievably beautiful... like a movie set. It’s no wonder that Ireland is actually the setting for many Hollywood and English movies. Yesterday we passed through the village where the movie Ryan’s Daughter was made around 1970. Limerick is the setting for Frank McCord’s novel, Angela’s Ashes. We spent most of the afternoon at the Bunratty Folk Park. I expected it to be like Disney Land and almost didn’t go. What a surprise. It was more like Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. The castle above was the seat of the famous King John who was forced to sign the Magna carta... the same King John who was the brother of Richard the Lion Hearted.It's impossible to pass up scenes like the one below, so I've added more photographs to the BLOG today than usual.