We leave the Slaney Valley this morning and travel inland to New Ross where we visit the Dunbrody, a full sized replica emigrant ship. Here we follow in the footsteps of a group of Famine Emigrants bound for New York. Our next stop is Jerpoint Abbey and then Bennettsbridge (home of Nicholas Mosse Pottery) before arriving in Kilkenny.

Very little travelling today. We have a guided walking tour of Kilkenny this morning with the rest of the day free. The castle and the craft centre are both well worth a visit.

Following a leisurely morning we commence our return journey. We meander through Carlow and Athy before joining the new motorway system near Kilcullen, at the Curragh, for the last leg of our journey back to Belfast. We arrive at the Travel Centre at 6.00pm.