muckross house

so after visiting what was left of muckross abbey, we decided to head over the legendary muckross house and gardens.

they offer tours of the house and said gardens but when you have not one but two 4 year olds, you most likely will miss the last tour of the day. so sadly, i don't have much to tell you, oh wonderful reader, about the muckross house.

i can tell you though that the horse and carriage drivers that offer rides through the gardens were on strike. so no picturesque ride through the muckross gardens to appease aforementioned 4 year olds.

and what was this strike over you ask? health benefits? a raise in pay? better working conditions?

no, no and no.

the strike was over these new fangled contraptions that the horses were now required to wear under their um, rumps, let's just say. this fabric and metal bag fitted under the horse to catch whatever droppings well, might drop. thus saving muckross visitors from getting muck all over their shoes, a fine souvenir to bring home from your journey, i might add.

so the drivers, in all fairness to the horses mind you, were protesting the horse having to wear of such a bag out and about every day.

yeah.