Ireland & UK Roadtrip - Part 1

In order to help achieve the 30 by 30 challenge, I went on a roadtrip through Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.  Yup - 4 more countries!  Boom.
My trip started in Dublin after being stuck a night in Frankfurt.  Luckily I planned two nights in Dublin.  I finally arrived at 7, only to find the hotel had canceled my reservation for both nights, not just 1 night.  They found me a room and I ran off into the city to explore for the next 12 hrs.  I ended up at Donahue's and met a hen/stag do for a couple from Chicago, so I ended up hanging out w/ a bunch of Americans and Kevin the bartender for a few hours.
The next day I took off early heading towards Cork.  Stops along the way: Powerscourt Estate, Kilkenny, Cahir, and Cashel
Here are some views from Powerscourt.

 

Look a tower just like in Tangled!

 

Then it opens up to a whole Japanese garden.

 

Can you see the faces!

 

There was a pet cemetery at the back of the estate.  Sounds creepy, but was actually really sweet - dogs, horses, cows, ponies, etc, etc.  All the extended family members.

 

Another part of the property was dedicated to a beautiful garden.

 

Just a short drive from the estate is the Powerscourt Waterfall.  Also cool.

Then I continued on to Kilkenny.

 

Kilkenny Castle

 

There was a motorcycle charity ride happening today, so there were bikes everywhere.

Then I continued on to Cork.  My hotel was in a super ghetto location, gps couldn't find it originally, and I was just over it, so I continued straight on to Killarney.   Here's what I saw along the way...