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If all else fails…

… try to rent a large 19th century townhouse with castle views.  Let’s see how this one goes… surely if we attempt enough random manoeuvres one of them will pay off?

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Céad míle fáilte

Afternoon on the beach at Ballybunion in blazing sunshine. We had a swim then went back to where we’d parked the Bongo to brew up. A local lady came up and asked if we were […]

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Random-access blogging

I realised I’d missed out quite a few days of what we’d been up to.  That’s because we’d “joined holiday” with some of V’s family who’d rented a house in Killarney and kindly invited us to […]

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Glin castle open day

We happened to notice while wandering around Glin on Saturday waiting for the cafe to open for breakfast (10am!) that Glin castle had an open day on Sunday.  We went along, and found it very […]

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Don’t fear the reaper

Bought a slasher today that’s the most practical means of cutting back the rhododendrons and so on that dominate the rear of the cottage.  There’s not much point doing anything inside the house beyond clearing out […]