The Homeland

I finally wrestled the computer away from our favorite blogger, Courtney P.  We have had an amazing couple of days with many highlights.  First off, the Tierney boys decided to grow mustaches for our trip ala Uncle Peter and Richard circa 1970.  I have to say I felt pretty manly, kind of like a young Burt Reynolds.  It was a little awkward as we met new people on our trip and we had these hideous mustaches.  

We had a great couple of days in Dublin.  Friday night, Pat , Tim, my Dad and I all went out to kick off our trip.  We drank at a place called the Hairy Lemon.  We heard the story behind why it was named that and quite honestly still do not understand.  The 4 of us discuss and dissected the issues of the world over Guiness and Bushmills.  Once we got home, we finally found out that the Red Sox won Thursday night and decided it was a good idea to go back out.  On Sturday night, Courtney and I went out in Dublin to celebrate the Twins 31st birthday.  There was a lot of Jameson, Irish and American music and of course Guiness.  When we got back to the hotel, we followed Game 6 on ESPN Gamecast until 430 AM.  Not really the best idea......

We got to Killarney yesterday and have been having a great time.  Despite the vicious hangovers, we had a great drive down here.  Our driver , Paddy is great and has given us insight on the irish culture.  For example, he told us about the World's shortest St Paddy's day parade in Drippsey, Ireland. It is literally about 10 yards between the two pubs in this small town.  Paddy looks a lot like Obi Wan Kenobi which makes me feel like good.  Tomorrow we are taking a ferry over to Galway where we will stay the next couple of nights.  

We will update you when we get a chance. Having a great time so far, looking forward to the rest of the week