There’s a hidden spot on the western side of Doulus Head, County Kerry, that you could easily sail or motor past without a second glance. Like much of this rugged coastline, the jagged cliffs and seawalls don’t exactly invite closer inspection – getting too near could mean being dashed to pieces on the rocks. So […]
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A visit to an old church always demands reverences but here in Youghal, St. Mary’s Collegiate Church held a deep magic that almost brought us to tears. At over 800 years old, the care with which it has been maintained tells everything about its importance as a place of worship, ceremony and social cohesion for […]
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A Backside to Admire It’s not often that such an opportunity to admire a backside as beautiful as this presents itself out on the streets, Kilkenny or otherwise. The purists would say that if it has no cylinders then it’s not worth their time but I disagree, sometimes I am happy to judge a book […]
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Credit to the Dubliners for the title but this jar of whiskey is in the cellars of Midleton, county Cork And just to confuse you even more, it’s a jar of Redbreast! The story of whiskey in Ireland is fascinating, and Midleton’s story even more, so I invite you to research Ireland’s Uisce beatha (water […]
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Diving off the Kerry coast I am starting to become familiar with ‘the locals’, or as we would have said back in South Australia, ‘the usual suspects’. The lesser spotted dogfish is now on my local list of ‘usual suspects’ and is always a welcome sight on any of my dives, ‘dog day’ or otherwise.
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