Ireland Day 7, Wexford, through Waterford, to Kilkenny

Wexford consists of two major streets, two beautiful churches, and a small harbor. It didn’t take much time to walk through the entire city and head off toward Waterford.

Waterford, home of the world famous Waterford Crystal Factory, is a pretty small town as well. After a very good lunch at a tiny pub with low ceilings and dark wood décor, we went around to see a little bit about the town’s history which includes the landing of the Vikings and a good amount of bloodshed over the years.

Next, we arrived in Kilkenny just in time for dinner – I had the best lamb I’ve ever tasted – and we strolled through town looking for a good pub with music. Oddly enough, almost every pub in town was a disco at night, playing top forties or dance music. The last bar we passed before laving downtown sounded a little bit better, and inside we found a local band that played some good rock and classic rocking including covers of U2 and Pink Floyd. When that bar closed we headed off out of town toward our bed and breakfast.  Along the way we found another pub with no live music, but a great old bar tender who had no bottom teeth, but plenty of wisdom. Mike and I ended the night debating American politics in this random hotel bar and through the streets as we found our way back.