The Ancesteral Home Town

It has been a month since the last post. We were all so busy and the time flew by.We left the holidays with some mighty fine memories, a few extra pounds and a few plans for our trip to Ireland.
We will leave Buffalo and fly to Shannon. I think that the cross Atlantic portion is at night, so we arrive early Saturday morning. We have a bus that will just fit our group, with a driver, who will meet us at the airport. We will rent a minivan, said to seat seven, comes with car seats for the little ones, and a GPS. Our bus will take us to the cottages at Doolin, County Clare. We can either pick up the van when we arrive, or after a few days, and keep it for the duration.
After a week, we go to the east coast, to the cottages at Wicklow, County Wicklow. We return to Buffalo from Dublin at the end of the second week.
There are innumerable things to do and see. When Julia & I went previously, we had a list of things, and what wondrous trips we had! So there are only a few plans I would like to make, and most of these are pretty general. I want to have dinner together on my birthday, there are a couple of places in Doolin that look good, like the Roadford House, that have websites. I would also like a family picture in Sixmilebridge. Ireland is pretty with it concerning the internet, so look for information online for golf, fishing, ancient sites and historic places, restaurants and, of course, shopping. Also, get your passports now.
Sometime after Julia gets back from taking Mimi home, lets get together and compare notes, and see who would like to do things we may need to make arrangements to do. It will be the height of tourist season, so certain reservations will be helpful. But not to micromanage our plans, either.