title Castle Dargan Golf, Glangelvin and Pizza in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland - 28th August 2026 intro It's the last couple of days in Ireland and we've moved across Lough Gill to stay at Castle Dargan for a night - the alternative having been a bell tent in Philly's field. At least the hotel has a bar, and it also has a driving range which Nosher and the boys have a go at the following morning. Then, as we head back in the general direction of Dublin, we stop off once more at Philly and Davida's place, and then again in Glangelvin to look at a vacant cottage we saw in an estate-agent's window in Manorhamilton, then Dublin airport to drop the hire car off, and finally we're back at Da Gorls' house. The next day we roam around Dún Laoghaire for a while, with the boys heading off to do their own thing for a bit whilst we look around the National Maritime Museum of Ireland, and the it's dinner at Zero Zero Pizza on Patrick Street. imgp2668 Castle Dargan's waiting area imgp2669 We wait for our apartment imgp2670 A view of sheep from the apartment imgp2671 Fred makes fried rice as Harry's on his phone imgp2674 A stripey cat gives the hairy eyeball imgp2675 Isobel interacts with Tubby Fog imgp2676 A lonely tree imgp2677 A derelict concrete shed imgp2679 Stripey cat has a sleep imgp2680 The boys and a pint of Guinness in the hotel bar imgp2681 Isobel meets cat in the car park imgp2685 Isobel and Fred do breakfast imgp2686 Isobel sorts out some golf sticks imgp2690 Harry at the driving range imgp2691 Harry whacks a ball down the range imgp2693 Fred has a swing imgp2699 Harry puts another ball on a tee imgp2701 Fred and Harry with Philly's doge imgp2703 We have a go at axe throwing imgp2705 Harry flings an axe imgp2709 Harry tries tightrope walking imgp2711 Out backup accommodation imgp2713 Isobel has a cup of tea with Philly and Davida imgp2715 Fred wanders around inside Glen cottage imgp2717 Fred roams around outside imgp2718 The boys consider the original derelict building imgp2720 Fred and Glen Cottage imgp2722 Glen Cottage from the field next door imgp2723 Harry and Isobel on the path back imgp2725 We have a bit of a car picnic imgp2728 The toilets of American Stores in Lisduff imgp2729 Some old car-wash station imgp2731 Isobel walks back from a snack foraging mission imgp2732 The joys of Budget rent-a-car imgp2734 Harry buys another Skullduggery Pleasant book imgp2737 Painted building in Dún Laoghaire imgp2738 A late-Victorian building in Dún Laoghaire imgp2740 A row of early-20th-century buildings imgp2744 Harry and Fred on George's Street Lower imgp2745 Building art with a cinema theme imgp2746 A graffiti'd roller door imgp2748 A traditional sign on T. Murphy imgp2750 A diver on a telecomms cabinet imgp2752 Wall sign art for Ritz Café imgp2753 Harry and Fred gets some food from Papi Chulo imgp2755 An impressive window in the old Mariner's Church imgp2765 A giant optic from a lighthouse imgp2766 The National Maritime Museum of Ireland imgp2767 Isobel looks at exhibits imgp2772 A view of the Mariner's Church from the balcony imgp2777 An old dude looks up at the giant optic imgp2782 We wait for the bus on Monkstown Avenue imgp2783 An old Covid sign imgp2784 A dude has a coffe outside the Boardgame Café imgp2789 Wall art on Mike's Bikes imgp2790 Harry on Patrick Street, on the way to Zero Zero imgp2793 Da Wheeze scopes out the meno in Zero Zero Pizza imgp2797 Isobel looks up in the pizza restaurant imgp2804 More shutter graffiti imgp2806 Bar life in a mirror in McKenna's imgp2812 Isobel chats to Jen, as Noddy's checks his phone imgp2815 The taxi takes us under Dublin's Terminal 2 imgp2819 An SAS Airbus gets pushed back imgp2823 Gate 106 is quiet imgp2824 Isobel reads book imgp2825 Fred comes back with a packet of M&Ms imgp2826 An Aer Lingus Dash-8 or something imgp2829 An Air Canada 787 taxis up to its gate imgp2830 The ennui of an airport departure lounge imgp2834 Dublin Airport from the air imgp2835 We wait for the random van to take us to the car