Ireland day 1092. Tuesday 24 September 2024- Visitors Newgrange

Today’s summary	Met visitors from the UK who are on holiday in Ireland, up at the Newgrange site. Did the Knowth and Newgrange tour, then returned to Malahide via Bennet’s bar in Ardcath. Chicken casserole in the flat for dinner
Today’s weather	Dry and bright with sun in the afternoon. Light north easterly wind. Appx 15c

Today’s overview location (The red mark shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The red mark shows where we walked) (No GPX today)

Commentary

(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).

Just a short blog today.

We have friends over from the UK at the moment, staying with us for two night. They were travelling down from Belfast this lunchtime, after tour of Ireland. We met up at the Newgrange visitor centre, from where we went on a tour of Knowth and the Newgrange monument itself. Even though we have been several times before, we always enjoy it and learn something new. Plus, the sun came out and the whole place looked vivid green.

Afterwards, we drove over to Ardcath for a quick drink at Bennet’s bar before returning to Malahide for chicken casserole and a long, good, catch up over dinner.

Signing off now, as we have a busy day coming up again tomorrow.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Enigmatic inscriptions (said to be “entoptic”, according to our guide – in other words, seen in the mind’s eye)	Glamorous adornment at Knowth!

Outside Newgrange	The Boyne looking silvery in the evening light

Bennet’s of Ardcath!	Enjoying our refreshments

The spectacular entrance to the Newgrange passage tomb (which visitors – under guidance – can enter, although visits go unrecorded as photography is forbidden)