Thanks to Brenda O'Hara Kingdon, Kathy' niece, we found the restaurant before Corrigan. We also met the owner, Annie O'Sullivan (In photo insert). We must confess, however, that we both agreed with Corrigan's report. In fact, we ate at the Seaview on two different occasions.
I was on my way to Macroom one Sunday, accompanied by my sister-in-law, Mary-Jean O'Hara and my wife, Katherine, when suddenly I made a wrong turn on the road somewhere. There was nothing in particular that I knew about Macroom, except that its name intrigued me. Suddenly, without warning, I found a religious monument on the road - nothing unusual fot Ireland. Across from it, however, was another road that indicated the way to Gougane Barra. I had read about the location sometime ago. I decided to take that road, forgetting about my original intention...
Little did I know that I had made the right decision. Gougane Barra was all I had ever read on it - and lots more. As luck would have it, it even had a redheaded weekend fisherman peacefully going after rather large trout, and catching a few - perhaps for that evening's dinner. He had caught four by the time he allowed me to photograph him...
Later that same week, I made another wrong turn on the way to Kinsale, a city that, back when Philip II (Of Spain) was Philip I (Of Portugal) had provided refuge to several Iberian warriors of the INVINCIBLE ARMADA who had been badly defeated at sea by the English. I suddenly found myself at a small place named Inishannon along the Bandon River. Kathy and I decided to stop there for lunch and added relaxation. The results of those accidents are pictured in this section.
