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Irish tourism
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An epicurean dream in Kenmare, Ireland? You bet.
Lovely Kenmare. Amazing, special town in so many ways. But food? How can you have so many award-winning, Michelin-rated restaurants in one small Irish town? I am sure there is a story behind it – it is Ireland after all — but the reality is, Lagom, Mulcahy’s, No. 35 and Lime Tree, were so varied…
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Let Irish history come alive with the passion & authenticity of Davy Holden (Kilkenny).
Davy Holden has just entered his 30’s but already owns the wisdom of someone who understands his country’s history form a very human and authentic place.
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Stories of being lost and found. Michael, my savior in the wilds of of the Sperrin Mountains, N. Ireland.
The magnificent Sperrin Mountains of Northern Ireland and getting lost, then delightfully found.
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Touring Beara for 8 Days. And I am sure I saw hardly any of it!
…and behind me the jagged schist mountains.
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A glorious pastoral hideaway: An Doras Bui shepherds’ hut in the Sperrin Mountains
Walking the lane near An Doras Bui can be beautiful — and with the tight curves and no dies, a bit…challenging.
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The Village of the Dead is all about the living. Slievemore, Achill Island.
Achill Island, Ireland. Such a stunningly beautiful place to experience such profound sadness.Of all the fraught tales of Ireland, none gets near the collective pain of the Potato Famine, the Great Hunger, several names for one massive tragedy: one million people died, one million left for the US. Done by 1851 for the most part,…
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