6 July: Glin (think Limerick)
We left Waterford in a major deluge that looked to be flooding the roads. None of our navigation devices would register and we couldn't see 10 metres ahead of us despite having the wipers at the max. Miraculously we got onto the N24 and it was plain sailing from then on (literally). Through Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel,  Cahir to stop at Tipperary.  Yes indeed it was a long way in those conditions, but you'll see from the photos that it ran out of rain by then and has been fine ever since.
Peter was poorly again by then so back into the Tipperary pharmacy. Lunch at an enchanting cafe with the most sympathetic Irish beauties renewed his strength ( with the aid of more drugs) and we motored on, by-passing Limerick to get to Foynes (the point of our trip to Ireland)
For the uninitiated, Foynes has a flying boat & maritime museum which was opened in 1989 on the site of the airbase for passenger flights across the Atlantic during the 19 40 s.
The display features a 17 min film made from original footage which was extremely useful for people like me who know nothing.
Of particular interest to me was that in 1942 (a grand year) one of the flights had to turn back  after 10 hours because of atrocious flying conditions. Chef Jo Sheridan felt sorry for the poor passengers and added a wee drop to their coffee. And so was born the Irish coffee with which I now have a love affair. The FB photo is a bit dark, but so was the museum.
6 km further on is the little village of Glin, the location of our first B&B. What a charming welcome!!!! Very happy to settle in here for the night 😊