We've been to Cobh and had lots of surprises - The Independence of the Sea on her maiden voyage docked while we had lunch. The town was alive greeting them with trditional music and food and gift stands. 6,000 people on the ship - passengers and crew! We went to Mass at the Cathedral - amazingly beautiful old church, and stayed at a B&B that is in a house built in 1840 -12' ceilings and a character of a hostess, Pam. The museum - Queenstown Story - in the old train station -vwas well done and informative - imigation, prison ships, Titanic and Lusitania.
On Sunday we moved on to the Shannon airport area in anticipation of todays flight home (when we arrive we will have been up for 24 hours). We did some shopping and repacking and then went to Kemp's second cousin Eithne (Moloney) McNamara's home for dinner. We met her husband Michael, who will get us through security at Shannon airport today - as he is head of airport security, and daughter Marina (17) and son Donica (15). Really a nice family. We also met cousin Maureen Maloney and her boyfriend of 30 years, Ciaran Butler from Dublin (they were here for the bank holiday).
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