Our first excursion in southeast Ireland was to Enniscorthy, which is the town depicted in the movie Brooklyn as Eilis' home town, and where the author of the book, Colm Toibin, came from. We were there on a market day. The streets were very quiet as we walked around. We found the church that was depicted in the movie, toured the castle and got some beautiful views from the roof. They had a small Eileen Gray exhibit, and it turns out she was from this area. There were posters on various buildings touting the movie and the town's roll in it. One of the castle attendants told us that towns people played extras in the movie and if you weren't an extra, you brought a folding chair to watch them shoot it.
For lunch we headed to Wexford to eat at the Nosh + Coffee, which apparently is a tradition for Mei's family when visiting Michael. We walked around Wexford after lunch, ran into a couple of stormtroopers raising money for children's cancer research, found a cute little open air market, and various statues of a US Navy officer (who was born there), a famous Irish hurler (a team sport played with a wooden paddle), and a peasant representing the Irish in the 1798 Rising.
We rested in the afternoon at Michael's before heading to Kilmore Quay for fish & chips at Little Saltee. The restaurant is right near a boat harbour and overlooks the Saltee Islands, which are privately owned but unoccupied islands that are bird sanctuaries. The fish & chips (and mushy peas) were delicious as was the strawberries and ice cream.
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