Saturday morning, we started with breakfast at Bewley’s cafe. We have been seeing Bewley’s tea all over the city and I overheard a tour guide tell his group they were the first company in Ireland to import tea directly from the east. The tea and food was really good. After breakfast we walked to the train station in the next neighborhood over to take the Dart. We started with a train ride to Malahide to see their castle and grounds. It was pretty easy to navigate and the grounds were very close to the train station. We had a castle tour which was really interesting. The Talbot family’s last family member to live there left in 1975 and they sold the property to Ireland instead of donating due to tax laws. The family had been there for centuries (with a brief period they were pushed out by English). The grounds were very pretty but it was cloudy and rainy while we were there.
After Malahide, we took the train to Howth. We had heard there was a farmers market there and there would be a cliff walk. The market was a little disappointing we were expecting more produce, but it was a cute town. The sun came out so we took a walk up the cliffs and as we saw the weather changing we head back towards town. We decided to find a seafood tapas place recommended to us and we are glad we started early as it was tiny and there was a bit of a line. They sit people together to maximize space and the other couple at our table had just moved to Brookline from Texas. We had oysters, mussels and scallops. Everything was delicious. After dinner, we went back to the train station to head back to Dublin. Of course we stopped at Murphy’s on the way home.
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