Day 3: Saturday 17 May 2014 (Part 1)
From Ennis leisurely south along the Shannon Estuary on a small local road [R473].

Day 3: Ennis to Kilrush and Kilkee, County Clare
K delighted by extensive stands of thorn bush (the common hedge on road-side stone walls across Ireland) and maybush – both plants identified for us by a kind florist in Kilrush.

Approaching the Shannon, Ennis-Kilrush Road, County Clare

Along the Shannon, Ennis-Kilrush Road, County Clare

Maybush, Ennis-Kilrush Road, County Clare

Thornbush, Ennis-Kilrush Road, County Clare

Pink House, Ennis-Kilrush Road, County Clare

Crotty’s Pub, Restaurant and B&B, Kilrush, County Clare

B in Crotty’s Pub, Kilrush, County Clare

Floor tiles, Crotty’s Pub, Kilrush, County Clare

K Lunch, Crotty’s Pub, Kilrush, County Clare

Detail of K lunch, Crotty’s Pub
Tasty Irish craft brew from McGrath’s (he’s the greyhound).

Market House, Kilrush, County Clare

Manchester Martyrs Monument, Kilrush, County Clare (1903)

Sraid Anrai – street of shops, Kilrush, County Clare