Meanwhile, Back at the Castle…
We arrived around lunch time on Sunday, April 17 at Fanningstown Castle, near Adare, Ireland. It was all we had hoped for and MORE!
We were met by David Normoyle and his little son, Rory, and shown how to use the gas for the cooking and heating. That would be a separate charge and was a little tricky. It involved a timer, some switches, and some confusion on my part for two days. We settled Papa and Gabby into the Master Bedroom, first room at the top of the first level of the stone spiral staircase. Down the hall was a full bath, a room for Debbie, and a room for Bubba and Nan. Up another flight of stone steps was a bedroom for David and Lisa. My room was reached through the full bath behind Papa’s room, and also by way of an iron spiral staircase from the TV room. Downstairs consisted of a lovely foyer, dining room for 10, gorgeous sitting room with peat fireplace, TV room in beautiful shades of sage green with gas fireplace, and a wonderful kitchen with huge farmhouse table seating 10 and all of the mod cons. Outside the kitchen was a very nice walled courtyard with tables, benches, and chairs.
We had secured a Land Rover at the airport and David and Lisa followed our driver/guide, Christy McGinn, to Fanningstown Castle. It was David’s first time to drive on the wrong side of the road and wrong side of the vehicle. He did just fine!
With the remainder of the day “at leisure” and the day off the following day, we began to settle in…and I called home.
