Monday morning, the car rental company came to pick me up with the new car. I thought it would be a huge deal, but it just wasn’t. Good thing I had bought the extra insurance!

With a GPS, I had no trouble finding my way through Dublin, along the coast and down to Dungarvan!
With a GPS, I had no trouble finding my way through Dublin, along the coast and down to Dungarvan!
From the GPS, I can tell I was driving West on N7, Naas Rd. near Newlands Golf Club.
So, here I am, driving south toward Dungarvan. I had all day and a GPS, so I just meandered along exploring everything.

Intriguing ruins behind a wall, somewhere between Dublin and Dungarvan, north of Thomastown
There are ruins and things everywhere. But, there are walls on the sides of the road, so there is no way to pull over.
There really are castles and tower houses abandoned everywhere!

Empty buildings, somewhere between Dublin and Dungarvan, north of Thomastown

Abandoned Tower House or something, somewhere between Dublin and Dungarvan, north of Thomastown

Window in a Tower House, right on the side of the road

Abandoned Tower House or something, somewhere between Dublin and Dungarvan, north of Thomastown

Driving through a village north of Thomastown on the way to Dungarvan
I’m not sure where this is. Somewhere between Dublin and Dungarvan, north of Thomastown.

Simon Treacy Hardware, Market Street, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland

More ruins on the side of the road in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland

The Salmon Pool, Mill Street, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland

Walls on the side of the road

Unnamed Road, somewhere near Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
If a smaller road went through, I tried it. These are all called Unnamed Road.

Somewhere between Thomastown and Carrick-on-suir, Ireland
The drive was beautiful.

Somewhere between Thomastown and Carrick-on-suir, Ireland

New Street, Carrick-on-suir, Co Tipperary, Ireland

Crossing the River Suir, Carrick-on-suir, Co Tipperary, Ireland

Cattle driven down the M11 in Ireland
It was a beautiful drive to Windgap, near Dungarvan. Windgap overlooks the estuary of the River Brickey, the Cunnigar, a 2 mile sandbar at the mouth of Dungarvan Bay, across to the lighthouse on Ballinacourty Point.
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