Ireland Attractions

Never Mind The Barometer - Watch The Goats

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...sleepy little seaside hamlet of Lahinch in Co. Clare were rudely awoken from their slumber by the sound of hundreds of horses and men clattering down their main street. The British Army had arrived in this far-flung corner of Clare in the South West of Ireland, in the form of the officers and men of the famous Black Watch Regiment from the Highlands of Scotland. Life was never to be the same again, because along with them the Scotsmen brought their ...
...said of the town of Lahinch in Ireland. Nowadays there are two golf courses here in this tiny West Clare village, the old and famous links itself, and alongside it, its little sister, the Castle course. But golf permeates everything here in Lahinch, and every business, restaurant, hotel, and hostelry is steeped in golfing goods and paraphernalia, and the village plays host each year to countless thousands of golfers who travel here from all corners ...

the_mad_cabbie 07.07.2002 · Read full review
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Kileen Golf Club, KILDARE

Advantages: Gorgeous scenary, great for golfers
Disadvantages: Must be a member to enjoy it all!

KILLEEN GOLF CLUB Killenbeg, Kill, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. 18 hole Parkland Course Par 72 Yardage 7121 SSS 73 **Directions to the course** Killeen is situated near Kill, just off the N7. To get to the golf course from the M50 moterway, take the N7 turn off at the Red Cow roundabout. Follow the Naas road past Rathcoole and take the right turn at Kill junction traffic lights. You then continue over the Straffan road for approximately ...
...and the entrance to the Killeen Golf Club is on the left hand side. **Further Information** Secretary : Maurice Kelly Club and trolley hire. Practice and some catering facilities. Tel: 045-866003 Fax: 045-875881 Email:admin@killeengc.ie Membership is needed, fees roughly are : Green Fees Weekdays €35.00 Green Fees Weekends €50.00 Green Fees Junior €25.00 Asset Backed Share Membership now available for €15,655 Ireland, or The Emerald Isle as it ...

Evil_Irish_Twin 06.11.2004 · Read full review
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A Classic - Just Like The Cars

Advantages: Magnificent golf course. Magnificent hotel. Magnificent facilities. In short, simply magnificent.
Disadvantages: Not a thing!

...golfer and designer of the Mount Wolseley Golf Club. “Rarely after a first look around a potential site for a golf course had I been so impressed as at Mount Wolseley, not just with the ideal and natural roll of the ground itself, but also with the magnificence of this delightful rural countryside. It is an idyllic location that, no doubt, influenced the Wolseley family when they built the present house here almost a century and a half ago. What ...
...let’s concentrate on what makes Mount Wolseley so special as far as the mad cabbie is concerned; the truly magnificent golf links. ~ ~ Mount Wolesley is a relatively new golf course (early 1990’s) but is built on a very old country estate that was owned for generations by the Wolesley family, who made their family fortune building Wolesley motor cars. (Anyone remember them? I certainly do, as the first car I ever owned was a 1959 Wolesley 15/60, ...

the_mad_cabbie 01.07.2004 · Read full review
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  Cigarettes and Alcohol...and Rollerblading

Advantages: A quite unique hillwalking experience...
Disadvantages: ...which is both a blessing and a curse

...The majority know it as Croagh Patrick. And to one expatriate Englishman (sorry Dave), it's 'that fecking Reek'. The First Golden Cleric You'd have thought that 'being Welsh' would constitute a crippling obstacle on the path to 'becoming patron saint of Ireland'. But Maewyn Succat was made of sterner stuff: born into a Christian family in Wales in 415AD (or maybe 387AD), he was abducted into slavery by an Irish brigand to present-day Antrim when ...
...And legendarily, he went to Croagh Patrick... St Patrick, tired from the hustle, bustle and wild partying of late Iron Age Ireland, allegedly spent 40 days fasting on the summit of the mountain: they didn't have The Late Late Show with Gaybo back then, so to pass the time he built a church on the top, used a silver bell to knock a pesky she-demon out of the sky, and banished all the serpents in Ireland to a hollow near the summit: presumably he used ...

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Review of Croagh Patrick, Westport, Ireland

Bunratty Castle and Folk Park

Advantages: Too many to number
Disadvantages: Never enough time

Bunratty Castle and the Folk Park is a visit not to miss whatever your age. We spent 3 hours looking around the Castle and the grounds and could have spent longer there but we had only a few days over in Ireland. We arrived at the Castle ready for the opening time and there where already 2 coached in the car park and a few cars. As we left the bus park had 15 coaches and the car park was full. We were so pleased that we arrived early as walking ...
...next port of call is Bunratty House, a late Georgian House that was the home of the Hughes brothers who started the dairy industry in the 1800's and later HB Ice Cream. The views from the windows over the park land again is just wonderful, and there are 3 deer in the field to watch roam. As you walk back you come across the village street, which has the following: The Doctor's House, Artisan House, Brown's Pawnbroker, J.J. Corry's Pub, Drapery, ...

bostonianbeer 26.08.2008 · Read full review
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