To discover the south east of Ireland - we planned Glendalough Kilkenny Wicklow Mountains Dunmore Caves Day Tour arranged by Wild Rover tours. Our first visit in this tour was Kilkenny - we had an option to either roam in the city and visit the castle or visit the Dunmore caves and then back to Kilkenny Castle. So we opted for the Dunmore caves which was really a different experience. There was a separate tourist guide to explain about the history of Dunmore caves.
Once we were inside the caves, it was full of stalactites and stalagmites which reminded me of the geography classes I studied during my school time. The stalactites were in various unique forms looking like an angel with wings, eagle or hawk staring at you, hanging bats etc..When we were standing inside the core of the caves, the tourist guide switched off the lights setup there and it was complete dark as if you had gone blind. The guide explained about the Viking massacre happened there too. As per archaeologists, mostly the bones recovered were of women and children.
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After our survey of the caves, we went back to the Kilkenny castle. Entered into the audio visual room to learn more on the history of the castle, kings ruled etc. So lets have a break here until my next blog post.
To be continued...
Once we were inside the caves, it was full of stalactites and stalagmites which reminded me of the geography classes I studied during my school time. The stalactites were in various unique forms looking like an angel with wings, eagle or hawk staring at you, hanging bats etc..When we were standing inside the core of the caves, the tourist guide switched off the lights setup there and it was complete dark as if you had gone blind. The guide explained about the Viking massacre happened there too. As per archaeologists, mostly the bones recovered were of women and children.
After our survey of the caves, we went back to the Kilkenny castle. Entered into the audio visual room to learn more on the history of the castle, kings ruled etc. So lets have a break here until my next blog post.
To be continued...
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