Digging deeper into Irish history I visited the Irish National Heritage Park located in Ferrycarrig, Co. Wexford. Through the tour Catherine, Carlos, and I saw Ireland be born from the Middle Stone Age over 9,000 years ago to Vikings and Normans. The most interesting part was to see the improvement in the living quarters as time progressed. To see the way people used to live was amazing. Imagine a world where your next meal is all you think about. This makes the magnificent tombs made by them is even more impressive. Also to see the difference in the burial sites from worshiping the ground to the sky was fascinating. My favorite part was the the Early Christian Monastery. I like the layout of the monastery and that the monks would work the fields and practice religion throughout the day. The tour was explained the history of Ireland really well.

On Friday I spent the day working on the putting course. I mowed greens in the morning and in the afternoon sodded some weak areas. We are using sod from the 13th front tee since the nursery needs to be replaced. The putting course has tough growing conditions with trees that block air movement and sunlight as well as irrigation that does not reach all areas. Therefore some greens are hurting. The roots are very shallow and grass is weak. I used some sod to fix the worst area on the 17th. We'll see how it works out.

That evening Catherine and I visited Graiguenamanagh, a town in Co. Kilkenny on the River Barrow. Graiguenamanagh is a pleasant town intermixed with history and culture. A main attraction is the River Barrow and the house boats. These line the edge of the river, some are vacant but others have people living on them. A nice little town with great views of the river and mountains.