Dear Kennedys- we had the best time and it's difficult to pick out the main points as there were so many. The house is a joy as it seems to be imbued with your familial warmth and history. We love just going out the front door and letting the mountain air just whoosh and fill your lungs and hearts. We walked all over the place, going further and further by using the strategy of - let's just see what's around the next corner.
Of course we took the boat to Killarney. Out pilot Dux runs through his well-practiced routine, but he has been doing it since 1969. It rained all the time, but stopped just long enough to motor up the three lakes and two rivers. Later got dropped back after watching the match (semi-final, Dublin beating Mayo) by the same Dux. His card says "you'll never walk again". We took from his the immortal phrase - describing his son - "he wouldn't go to sleep with a shovel in the house". If you can work that out then you are almost a local. Give it another 40 year or so.
It is it's won perfection. You could point a camera at anything, randomly,and it would be beautifsl. But the biggest thing it gives is the time and space to drink, laugh, argue about the rules of the game, wake up late, cook when you want, sleep when you want, leave the frenetic silliness of normal life behind for that sweet beautiful, peaceful, calm, Kerry dreamtime.