Holiday in Ireland

This blogger is enjoying a holiday in Ireland! We stayed with Joe and Breda in Dublin. Monday was wet but we drove to the National botanical garden and had coffee there. Evensong at St Patrick's National cathedral was sung by the girls and men - Sumsion responses, Leighton service and Victoria Ave Maria. We had tea at Brownthomas and I went to the Catenian circle and dinner at the Royal Dublin hotel. I made a short speech about visiting other circles particularly Sydney and got a little lost on returning by bus to Finglas. The weather has been excellent. We drove to Sligo and visited Maynooth university to see Pugin's magnificent chapel. At Mullingar cathedral of Christ the King we saw the mosaics by Boris Anrep who did mosaics at Westminster Cathedral. The building was opened on the day the second world war started.
Our b and b has magnificent views of the mountains around Drumcliff which is Yeats country. It is good to see Dennis and we had dinner with him at the Waterfront hotel Rosse Point. Today we went to Glencar waterfall and drove to Donegal. Wonderful views on the coast and lakes and mountain pass. We sang Rutter's "All things bright and beautiful" at harvest festival on Sunday and the words are so right for this trip. We enjoyed President's Sunday lunch with Philip Chandler at Oxted and then straight to Gatwick.