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Ireland {Howth, Malahide & Kilkenny}

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I know, we are super far behind on the blog and there is a lot to catch up on.  To close out Jenn's visit to Europe (after our ski weekend in Austria , and checking out Innsbruck and Munich ), we brought Jenn back to Dublin to see our home. We took a few day trips.  We first drove north of Dublin to Howth & Malahide.  The second we drove southwest to Kilkenny.  We wanted her to get a feel for Ireland, showing her the coast, some castles and the beautiful Irish countryside. All aboard in the teeny car that takes us far! First stop, Malahide Castle Amazingly, this was a private residence until the 1960's Necessary Irish & EU flag shot In Howth for lunch.  A cute little seaside village, known for fresh seafood Howth harbor The sky wasn't as blue when we went to Kilkenny, but it was still a good day.  Kilkenny is a small medieval country town, known for it's castle, and it's pub lined streets and good craic (good atmosph...