Enjoying Breakfast in Ireland

Our summer vacation included an excursion to Ireland to visit castle ruins, colorful gardens, tearooms, and more. We stayed at locations that included breakfast to get a good start on the day. This is our first breakfast of the journey. a traditional Irish (English) breakfast that was frequently offered. This is at the Lough and Quay (pronounced Lock and Key) in Warrenpoint, County Down, UK.

A large pot of tea was always offered, served with a creamer full of milk and sugar.

Heinz baked beans, bacon, baked tomato, eggs (your choice), potato bread, and sausage. There was also a delicious fresh fruit plate with yogurt or lemon mousse. Most of our mornings started with some combination of this plated medley.

This breakfast (day 4) was offered at the Riverside Restaurant and Guesthouse in Charlestown, Ireland, a family owned business. It featured a breakfast buffet of fresh fruits and assorted fruit juices. Tea with milk was offered at the table. We were able to order our breakfast selection, omelets, or the traditional Irish breakfast crafted by their award winning chef. A yummy scone served with butter and house made strawberry jam was fun.

On day 6 we stayed at the Glena House on Muckross Road in Killarney, Ireland and were greeted with this fun sign as we selected our juice for the morning along with a granola option with assorted toppings. Our waitress also took orders for scrambled eggs, omelets, sausage, or bacon.

Day 8 took us to the Hanoras Cottage Guesthouse and Restaurant, in Nire Valley, Ballymacarbry, where our breakfast featured a fabulous buffet with a wide range of fresh fruit. yogurts, applesauce, rhubarb applesauce, fruit juice, breads and cheeses. We were also able to order a traditional Irish breakfast.

 It was a fabulous adventure, and we never started our day hungry!