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A boutique Kilkenny weekend

20 May 2012 - 04:00 AM

'YOU'RE not driving, Miss Daisy," my mother tartly informed me, as we set off on our trip to Kilkenny, and I patronisingly assured her that I am a very safe driver. She then launched into an explanation of fifth gear, in case I wasn't familiar with the concept. Opening mutual control-freak salvos aside, our recent trip to Kilkenny went without a hitch.

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West Cork: Let me take you to the islands

13 May 2012 - 04:00 AM

FIFTY years ago, as a raw 15-year-old, I escaped to West Cork, on my own, on a hitch-hiking holiday that took me to its two largest inhabited islands, Cape Clear and Sherkin. I have been going there ever since.

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Walk of the Week: Paradise Hill, Anglesboro, Co Limerick

12 May 2012 - 04:00 AM

'Here we are in Gleann-na-gCreabhar, the Glen of the Woodcocks," said Michael Lewis, reaching inside his bag.

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Walk of the Week: Nore Valley Walk, Co Kilkenny

05 May 2012 - 04:00 AM

There are few rivers as diverse and exciting as the Nore in its course between Bennettsbridge and Kilkenny -- at one moment flowing slow and stately at ambling pace, the next minute charging round a bend in a flurry of white horses.

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Ireland on a shoestring: €99 night away in Meath

28 April 2012 - 04:00 AM

1 Flights of fancy at Rathbeggan Lakes

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