2019 Wabash Basketball Ireland Trip - Limerick and Dingle
The Little Giants stopped in Limerick on the way to Killarney. The group listens to information about the city before touring Saint Mary's Cathedral.
Saint Mary's Cathedral in Limerick. The Cathedral is roughly 840 years old and is the oldest building still used daily in the city.
Matt Chinn and Parker Manges gave a presentation about the history of Saint Mary's Cathedral prior to the group's tour of building.
The group listens to the tour guide talk about the history of Saint Mary's Cathedral.
The beautiful stained-glass windows in the Cathedral.
The group examines the main alter of the Lady Chapel, one of six chapels in the Cathedral.
The group learns about the Saint James and Mary Magdalene Chapel in the Cathedral.
The Cathedral suffered damage from the Williamite Siege of Limerick in 1691. These two cannonballs still hang in the Glentworth Chapel and a hole from cannon fire is still visible in the Cathedral.
The Wabash basketball team at the entrance to King John's Castle.
King John's Castle in Limerick.
Saint Mary's Cathedral and the city of Limerick from the high turret of King John's Castle.
A view of the River Shannon from King John's Castle.
Saturday sent the Wabash group to the Dingle peninsula on the western edge of Europe. These are the ruins of Rahinnane Castle just outside of the city of Dingle.
Colten Garland sits inside the ruins of a beehive hut at Cashel Murphy on Dingle.
The Wabash group explores Cashel Murphy.
Jerry Bácéir, the tour guide at Cashel Murphy, in the stocking cap at the center of the group from Wabash, describes the history of the beehive huts found in the area..
Connor Rotterman climbs out of a souterrian, an underground passageway to a hidden chamber at Cashel Murphy.
Coumeenole Beach along Slea Head Drive on the Dingle Peninsula.
The Wabash group took a moment for a photo on the Dingle Peninsula. The cliffs of Sybil Head, where part of filming of Star Wars: The Last Jedi took place, can be seen in the background.
The final event of the day on the Dingle Peninsula was a boat ride in Dingle Bay to find Fungie the dolphin.
Some of the beautiful scenery of the Dingle Peninsula.
Fungie the dolphin lives in the Dingle Bay and thrills the thousands of tourists who have been coming to see him since 1983.
The boat captain located a large pod of dolphins in the North Atlantic Ocean not far from the entrance to the Bay.
The dolphin pod thrilled the Wabash group throughout the afternoon.