012 Kinsale Walks and the Kinsale Ghost Tour, plus review of Ardmore
Segment 1- Mindie
Kinsale – County Cork – off the coast of southern Ireland
Kinsale isn’t a thin place… sometimes you need to relax and rejuvenate and have fun. Most lovers of thin places and liminal spaces also love history and stories of local people – heroes, villains – and Kinsale is very rich in history that impacted the evolvement of society in the western world with the famous “Battle of Kinsale.”
Kinsale has two historic forts, Charles and James Forts. And so many other bits of interesting history.
Kinsale is of my favorite towns for relaxing. I love the vibe. The town is clean, vibrant It’s an art and foodie town. The people are friendly. It’s totally walkable and everywhere you look is color and light.
When you go to Kinsale a good way to get your bearings is to go on a tour guided by Don or Barry – on Don and Barry’s Historic Strolls. I was lucky enough to get an interview with Barry when I was in Kinsale recently.
segment 2 – guest interview
Barry Moloney – Don and Barry’s Kinsale Historic Stroll
Don and Barry’s Historic Stroll in Kinsale offers a walking tour full of history and interesting information about this seaside town in County Cork.
SEGMENT 3– Kinsale ghost tour
There are a few consistently operated ghost tours in Ireland. Being the owner of a ghost tour company here in the states, I always like to see what other companies and groups do when crafting and putting on a ghost tour. I’ve been on the ghost tour in Belfast and the Ghost Bus in Dublin. Both were great experiences through very different.
Kinsale has an interesting ghost tour. The term Ghost tour is so subjective. It can have multiple definitions in people’s minds. People can perceive ghost tours as anything from paranormal investigations to history walks to people dressed in character leading a theatrical performance.
Kinsale ghost tour is that kind of ghost tour – a performance and it’s quite comedic. Two actors, Brian O’Neill and Don Herlihy dress in character and lead their group of guests around the historic Kinsale town center and recount stories of ghosts and historical figures in way that keeps the guests’ attention and keeps guests laughing. This performance is so well done. And there are some elements of surprise.
The tour starts at Kinsale’s oldest tavern - the Tap Tavern, which has been owned by Brian O’Neill’s family since 1886. His mother, Mary O’Neill still owns it today and she and Brian manage the operations. Mary is often there when guests gather for the ghost tour. I had the pleasure of meeting her while I waited to speak to Brian.
The tour takes about 90 minutes. It covers all the interesting parts of the town and it is very entertaining. An evening well spent.
Don’t miss it if you’re in Kinsale.
Kinsale Ghost Tours
SEGMENT 4 – Ardmore in County Waterford
Ard Mohr means Great Height
Ardmore: Great Height – blog post by Mindie Burgoyne
A seaside resort and fishing village. It’s near Youghal in the south of Ireland – not too far from Kinsale or Cork City.
Ardmore is a thin place. I guess I sense the thinness of a place on the approach. Maybe there’s something about the round tower, maybe something about the old ruins. But as you climb the hill to the old monastic ruins you get a jolt of something when the round tower comes into view. It’s a seaside town with a beautiful beach and sheltered bay. It’s a resort town for tourists with stunning views of the bay and a cliff walk above the town.
There are also ecclesiastical ruins in Ardmore are associated with St. Declan, a 5th-century saint who established this monastic community here on a hill at Ardmore… in fact the name Ard Mor – means “Great Height.” The devotional stops in Ardmore are traveled by pilgrims and associated with St. Declan. They include the ecclesiastical ruins up on the hill, a holy well, and a large stone on the beach.
According to one of the Lives written about him, St. Declan was born in this region and later went to Rome and became a bishop. He left Rome and returned to County Waterford - - to Ardmore with plans to build a monastery. However, he left without his bell. A bishop’s bell was similar to his crozier. A symbol of his authority. But because Declan was so special and so blessed, the angels set his bell afloat on a stone that traveled all the way across the sea to Ardmore. It still sits on the beach. It’s a large stone sitting atop two smaller ones and the stone is said to have curative powers for those who crawl...
KINSALE HARBOUR - A TASTE OF ITS HISTORY
Combining aerial footage and a taste of Kinsale History
by Barry Moloney of Don & Barry's Kinsale Historic Stroll
historicstrollkinsale.com
with aerial Footage by Jakub Walutek walutek.com
KINSALE'S BEST WALKING TOUR ......WITH BARRY!
During our Summer 2011 visit to Ireland we stayed in the lovely seaside town of Kinsale. We had a 'blast' on Barry's Kinsale walking tour which is highly recommended by Rick Steves. All THUMBS UP to BARRY!
The reviews say it all....
*Best of the Best
*Excellent, good natured
*Engaging
*Highly entertaining....child friendly
*Masterly, balanced, essential
Barry's web site:
historicstrollkinsale.com
Email Barry at: info@historicstrollkinsale.com
Fort Charles Walk, Kinsale
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KINSALE, IRELAND: Road Trip to the END OF THE WORLD! | TRAVEL VLOG
Before the world explorations of Christopher Columbus, many Europeans thought the point at Kinsale, Ireland was literally the end of the land, or the world as they knew it. Later, as the Spanish tried to take over Ireland, two forts were built guarding the bay at Kinsale, making it one of Ireland's most strategic port cities. Today, much of one fort, Charles Fort, remains for tourists to explore. Built in the shape of a star, there was no point on the fort wall where it could be breached without being spied by a lookout soldier. We explore the fort, the quaint little town of Kinsale, and one of Ireland's most famous restaurants, Fishy Fishy.
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We spent the first half of Canada Day in Kinsale, Ireland this year. I learned what brown sauce was and took in some pretty cool sites.
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Cash-strapped Ireland hopes whiskey will entice tourists
(1 Jun 2010) SHOTLIST
Middleton, Co. Cork, Ireland - 8th April, 2010
1. Large of museum pub interior as bar staff walks towards table
2. Close of whiskey tasting menu
3. Mid of group of visitors sitting around bar table discussing with bar staff
4. Close of girl tasting whiskey
Middleton, Co. Cork, Ireland - 8th April, 2010
5. Large tilt up of tourist group entering Jameson distillery tourist centre
6. Mid of tourists walking in door
7. Close of large screen showing distilling process of whiskey
8. Large of tourists watching tour guide
9. Mid over shoulder of tour guide as tourists listen
10. Close of malt extract being stirred in distilling process
11. Mid of tourist walking past old fire engine in distillery
12. Mid over shoulder of Barry Crocket as he tests a glass of whiskey
13. Close of glass of whiskey
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Barry Crocket, Master Distiller, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Middleton, Co. Cork, Ireland
Irish whiskey was established and a very strong industry earlier indeed than Scottish whiskey, however due to a number of economic circumstances the industry in Ireland and distilling of course as part of that went into a considerable decline in I suppose you could say most of the 20th century. However nowadays we're certainly experiencing quite a re-growth or renaissance of Irish whiskey.
Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland - 31st March, 2010
15. Large of people on street in Dublin's Temple Bar
19. Large tilt down from flags outside building to people on street entering pub
20. Close through window of people sitting in pub
21. Mid of people entering pub
22. Mid of people sitting at bar inside pub
23. Close of people sitting at bar
Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland - 20th April, 2010
24. Large pan from car driving over bridge to castle
25. Close of castle walls
26. Mid of tourist information board as car drives past
27. Close of tourist information sign for heritage town of Lismore
Inismor, Aran Islands, Ireland - 5th April, 2010
28. Mid of tourists boarding ferry
29. Large of ferry sailing towards islands
30. Large of approaching land of Inismor island from ferry
31. Close of sign for Aran Sweater Market on exterior of walled store
32. Mid of pub restaurant
33. Close of pub restaurant
Fisherstown, Co. Laois, Ireland - 20th April, 2010
34. Large of car pulling up outside remote country pub
35. Close of sign 'The Ireland Whiskey Trail' outside pub
36. Mid of woman walking into pub
37. Mid of men sitting at bar inside pub drinking pints with group sitting at table in background
Dublin, Ireland - 8th April, 2010
38. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Connolly, Head of Communications, Tourism Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Consumer consumption is down globally, so therefore tourism all over the world is suffering so any kind of initiative, any kind of imaginative idea that gets people or encourages people to visit Ireland is to be welcomed. And obviously we don't grow wine in Ireland as you know, we are not a wine producing country but we do make good whiskey. So as someone might go to France or Italy to visit a vineyard and maybe to see how the wine is made, so the whiskey trail here encourages people who may or may not have an interest in whiskey to come over here and taste literally in some cases a part of Ireland's heritage.
Mount.Juliet, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland - 20th April, 2010
39. Large of chef approaching kitchen bench
40. Close of chef's reflection in whiskey bottle on bench
41. Large of chef taking up whiskey bottle
42. Close of chef pouring out measurement of whiskey and dropping it into mixture
43. Mid over shoulder of chef as he prepares chocolate truffle mixture
44. Close of chef preparing plate of chocolate truffles and walking away with it
49. Close of woman eating chocolate truffle
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