IMG_3365 Our coach inside preparations for the Great Limerick Run
IMG_3367 The Run was a full marithon with 13,000 participants
IMG_3369 Runners were arriving at 8 a.m.
IMG_3382 In about 1200 Limerick, on the Shannon R., was chartered and King John's Castle was built
IMG_3386 The Sarsfield Bridge and one of 86 Ringbuoys. Downtown Limerick is an island between the Shannon and Abbey rivers
IMG_3387 Limerick architecture
IMG_3390 Currach. A lightweight, leather covered, wood or wicker framed boat. Described in writings from 200 AD
IMG_3391 The Bunratty Folk Park depicts the community life around the castle about 1850
IMG_3392 Bunratty Castle was built in 1425 by the MacNamara family
IMG_3394 Soldiers' diningroom. Officers sat on the left near the fire, indicated by a line in this original floor
IMG_3395 Irish elk were extinct before the castle was built. These antlers would have been preserved in bogs
IMG_3396 Notice the small Ladies Window to the right of the tapistry (see IMG 3409)