IMG_2824 ... and a tea house
IMG_2828 A lady's sidesaddle in the museum
IMG_2830 Owned by the government and very proftable, the grounds are beautifully kept
IMG_2831 Driftwood horse statues
IMG_2832 Col. Hall-Walker gifted his stud farm and its blood-stock to the government in 1916
IMG_2833 ... and his story
IMG_2835 These round-roofed barns are the most common style
IMG_2840 Like the gorse bushes, canola adds colour to the countryside
IMG_2851 In Kilkenny we visited a small workshop that makes hurley sticks for the Irish game of hurling
IMG_2852 Hurley sticks. The game is rather like lacrosse
IMG_2854 It is not all done by hand
IMG_2855 Kilkenny