Ireland travel NOTES - file clearing December 2006
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SLIDE SHOW of 1985:
Eire
Limerick railroad station
Sligo
Rossbeigh Strand, Kerry - where Oisin, the son of Fionn, rode away on a white horse to the Land of Youth with a beautiful golden-haired girl, Niamh.
Wicklow: Ashford
Carrick-on-Shannon
Roscommon / Leitrim
----- car -----
Donegal: Glencolumbkille
Sligo: Drumcliff church (Keats)
Mayo: Croagh Patrick
Mayo: Erriff River Valley
Connemara: Lough Mask, Lough Nafooey
Galway: Kilcolgan
Clare: between the Burrins and Ennis
Ring of Kerry: Muckross, near Killarney --> Black Valley --> Ladies View
Dingle: Slea Head --> Gallarus Oratory
north of Sligo: Creevykeel Court Cairn
Tralee (St. Brendan)
Flea Cheoil - Listowel
Wales: Cardiff

Gardens:
Arundel: Wepham Wood
Wildfowl Trust
Kew
Wicklow: Mt. Usher
Cardiff

Creeks:
Arundel
Britain: La Stangale (River Odet)
(Sligo: Creevykeel)
Keadue
Donegal

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July/August 1985:
(Ceiligh)
Roscoff --> Plymouth
train --> Wicklow: Mt Usher Gardens + bike to Devil's Glen
Dublin
Carrick-on-Shannon: bike to Keadue - De Danaan!
pick up car
Sligo
Donegal - Glencolumbkille
(Mayo)
gorgeous Connemara
Galway:
- Ballyvaughan: lunch
- Clare: The Burrens - creek at Corofin / (Limerick) / Castle Matrix
- Tralee
- Killorglin, Kerry: Puck Fair
- Beaufort / Gap of Dunloe: B&B
- Ross Castle / Island
- Muckross House
- Black Valley
- Ring of Kerry - Sneem
- Rossbeigh Beach
- Dingle - Listowel
Limerick: car return / bus from Limerick to Tralee
Dingle!
- The Half-Door [STAR]
- Cafe Literata: mussels [STAR]
- O'Flaherty's
- Doyle's [STAR]
- Carole's Bistro [STAR]
Bike to Anascaul, Camp Derrymore
Bike to Tralee - Scotia's Glen - Ocean Billow's Restaurant [STAR]
Bike to Ballybunion - great pub music night
Bike to coast - Castle Carrigafoyle & to Listowel
August 23-25 Fleadh Cheoil Nah Eireann Buncrana

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Proposed Itinerary:
July 13 Depart Oakland 7 am World Airlines flight 30
14 Arrive London 6:40 am London time, find hotel in Bloomsbury district & sleep; if possible British museum in afternoon, Indian restaurant for dinner
15 Take boat to Kew Gardens
16 Bike south towards Brighton
17 Take "South Downs Way" foot/bike path to Arundel
18 Continue biking west, hopefully all the way to Exbury Gardens in Beaulieu
19 Backtrack to Portsmouth and take boat to St. Malo in northeast Brittany (night crossing?)
20 Bike/bus southerly to Dinan, Rennes, if possible to St. Nazaire marsh park west of Nantes
21 Carnac, Quiberon, Belle Ile (overnight?)
22 Continue biking west
23 eastern area: Monts d'Aree, Huelgoat, Presqu'ile de Crozon
24 Backtrack or get to Quimper, for the folklore festival (goes to July 28)
25 Quimper & environs
26 Quimper, or possibly to Ste. Anne d'Auray festival (near Carnac)
27 Boat from Roscoff (northwest Brittany) to Cork (southwest Ireland)
or bus to Le Havre, then boat to Rosslare (southeast Ireland)
28 through August 2 (if Rosslare): 27 Wexford 28 Wicklow Mountains 29-31 Dublin & westerly
August 2 to 5 - O'Carolan Harp Festival in Keadue, County Roscommon (north central Ireland). This will be traditional Celtic Lammas, or Lugh's Feast.
5 or 6 through 7 Bike around Donegal (far north).
8 & 9 maybe Galway, Connemara
10 through 12 pretty definite: Puck Fair in Killoglin, County Kerry
12 or 13 through 15 Lakelands (Westmeath, Longford, Leitrim, Roscommon counties) - fishing & relaxing
16 to 22 Clare and Dingle peninsula
23 through 25 Fleadh Cheoil Nah Eireann Buncrana (Listowel, County Kerry)
26 Cork to Pembroke, Wales
27 & 28 Rush easterly through southern Wales: definitely the Pembroke Coast, and Brecon Beacons National Park, probably not much else
29 train from Fishguard or Cardiff to London
30 London to Oakland

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CORK & Goddess May 8-29, 2005
Buying property in Ireland (dup of Ireland property sites. rtf - May 5, 2005)

http://www.hol.ie/West_Cork_Property/west_cork_sites.htm = Hernry O'Leary
http://www.hol.ie/west_cork_estate_agents/ireland_farms/Hillgrove%20Hse/detail.htm - Hillgrove House

http://liamhodnett.ie/sites.htm - ERA

http://www.hol.ie/West_Cork_Property/west_cork_sites.htm
- farms, commercial sites

http://www.renovatealerts.com/ = fixer uppers

http://www.swsproperty.com/ - farms, sites, commercial

http://www.keyproperties.ie - mostly Cork & Kerry

http://www.propertypartners.ie/property_summary.pp?locationid=6&searchtype=LND

http://www.irishlinks.co.uk/county-cork-houses-for-sale.htm

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http://www.irishlinks.co.uk/mortgages-ireland.htm
http://self-build-in-ireland.blogspot.com/
http://www.irishlinks.co.uk/self-building-ireland.htm
http://www.welovedonegal.com/property.html

Why not rent a room and earn money tax free!
A new "Rent a Room" scheme is being introduced which provides that where a room (s) in a person's private residence is let as residential accommodation, gross annual income of up to £6,000 per annum will be exempt from tax. Where an individual makes a claim under this scheme, they will not lose their entitlement to relief's for mortgage interest, capital gains tax on principle private residence and stamp duty on owner-occupied residences.

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Frank McGonigle, Manager, Bank of Ireland, Kenmare, Co. Kerry +353 64 41255 - frank.mcgonigle@boimail.com
Have utility bill to present
GER Galvin (of: John J. O. Sullivan, Glengariff)
STEPS:
1. Offer
2. Booking deposit %% (agents) 10,000 euros = $13,500
3. (mortgage)
4. Contract & title papers --> solicitor
5. Engineer: survey
6. Sign and down payment = 10% - less booking deposit 10,000 euros = $13,500
Total: $27,000
(4 weeks?)
7. Solicitor sends question to seller:
boundaries
drainage, water, electricity
rights of weigh
forestry, fishing rights (Bantry House)
tenancy (including agricultural)
rates (= taxes) (ratable value)
lost a court case = mortgage on house
tax - is seller a resident?

Planning search (160 euros) - ever refused?
Only main building has planning
You can buy subject to planning, i.e. 18 months.
Stream - each different

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Kilcaskin, Agricole was 8 acres
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Carey's information:
Offer - 5 % down
Bank account
Solicitor (check titles) - Maria O' Sullivan 027-71772 - mariasullivan@ireland.com (bank Place, Castletownbere) (went to talk to her)
James Sullivan 027-60147
(Architect)
Engineers (check boundaries) (James Rockford - Kenmare)
Talk to neighbors (Mark Twoomey + Mara) (>>> Nick & Francis Brown <<<)
Take photos
Well - diviner
(Planning) ? Without planning, can do 40 square meters in back (500 square feet)
Transfer money
Building materials account: Michael Harrington, Castletownbere
Road
Clear around old houses
(Electricity)
(Septic) tank?
Tuck point outside (strip plaster) + clear inside
Mow hay

Mortgage would be 25% down
Broker fee 2,200 euros

Mortgage: 3-4 % - 300,000 - 15 year: $2804=2157 euros/month
= 388,407 over the life of the mortgage.
Interest only: 10,800 euros = $14,000 / year

Davy Stockbrokers

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Found while in Ireland:
Galway properties property sites - Connemara
www.mcineneyproperty.com
www.indexireland.com/shopping_and_services/property/galway [STAR]
www.cathalmoran.com
www.ascotfirst.com
www.spentool.com
www.irishlinks.co.uk/ ?
www.propertypartners.ie
www.eraireland.ie
RE/MAX

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PROPERTY AGENTS:
- Town & Country Auctioneers - Skibbereen, Cork 028 23204 - www.tcproperty.ie - info@tcproperty.ie

- Charles McCarthy Auctioneers, Valuers & Estate Agents - Skibbereen, West Cork - www.charlesmccarthy.com
(had card - written on back:) Killoveenoge, Bantry - 2 acres, Bantry Bay - roofless ruin - 5 miles from Bantry - north side Sheeps Head peninsula - public road frontage - title: freehold $100,000 - at West Lodge Hotel, left for Sheeps Head Drive, circa 5 miles, property on right)

Moira Murphy - GIS Mapping and Heritage Consultant - Geoscapes - Droum North, Castletownbere, Beara, Co. Cork 086 8473997

www.harringtonestates.ie - Bantry, Co. Cork
http://liamhodnett.ie/ - Cork
Crosterry West - 3 miles from Glengarriff, on minor road thru Glengarriff woods leading up to Barley Lake - 3 acres $90,000
Muccarragh - 4.5 miles from Glengarriff

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Carey Conrad - 011 353 27 60116 - cell 011-086-8157521
www.anirishvacationsite.com
Careyjconrad@yahoo.com
Glengarriff, Castletownbere, West Cork, Ireland (Beara peninsula)

Faha West Adrigole - Seafield House

c/o Shirley 608-846-8060

Bus Eireann 021 450 8188

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(visited)
Skibbereen Heritage Centre (Lough Hyne) - Great Famine Commemoration Exhibition - www.skibbheritage.com

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Cork/Limerick/Bunratty. Mary Slattery - Rocklands Bed & Breakfast, Hill Road - 061-363169 / Mobile: (086) 3333361 - 37 euros/night. rocklandsbunratty@eircom.net
Durty Nelly's - Bunratty <<<

O'Connor's bar in Doolin, County Clare (one hour from Shannon airport) 353-65-741-68
(or, next door: McGann's 353-65-741-33 - less boisterous)
http://www.oconnorspubdoolin.com/ - seisiuns nightly

Garinish Island (County Kerry) is the warm one.

Castle Oranmore, near Galway Bay - Magic Strings

Artists:
1) Dingle
2) Ballyvaughan (near Ailwee Cave), Clare
American Art School + Henry Moore

wwww.bard.ie
Bard Summer School, Clare Island, county Mayo - July
33 Sprinfield Road, Terenue, Dublin 6W / Ph/Fax 353 1 4904879 / bard @bard.ie
The Tain & the Myths We Live By: Exploring the Relevance of the Myth to Our Contemporary Society

Shannon Erne Waterway - joint venture of Northern Ireland and Irish Republic - 1994 multimillion-dollar weeding, once-clogged 39-mile canal linking rivers Shannon and Erne newly navigable. Houseboats for rent, follow the colored poles that mark the three-to-five day journey downstream. Emerald Star Line Ltd. - 353-1-679-8166 - boats sleep 2 to 8 - from $468 per week.

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South(west) of Kilkenny
Slievenamon = Hill of the women (SE Ireland - east of southTipperary)

Bridget Cleary - burned to death near Cloneen, Co. Tipperary 1894 (last)

Fethard Abbey - 12th century Norman village - Co. Tipperary
http://www.irelands-sheelanagigs.org/index.php?id=16
Two sheelanagigs - (1) across from bridge, in wall; (2) back of Augustine friary / + Siamese twin tree

mountain gap - rhododendrons and forest

Lismore (Co. Waterford) northeast of Cork - pretty (tidy town)

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(from: Ireland_itinerary.rtf - April 2, 2005)
Goddess of Ireland trip

Sunday May 8
SFO 11:10 am - Newark - Shannon 8:40 am

Day 1 May 15th - Sunday
Rosscarbery, seaside village located at the head of Rosscarbery Bay.
Late afternoon - meet and greet session. open the circle. Dinner in the hotel. Celtic Ross Hotel

Day 2 May 16th - Monday - nearby area
Morning visit Drombeg Stone Circle, W/Cork, and a cailleach.
Lunch in Glandore.
Loch Hyne, the only inland salted lake in Europe and hike up through the ancient woodlands of Knockomagh. Visit sacred well, Tobar na Suile (Well of the Eyes). Rosscarbery

Day 3 May 17th - Tuesday
To Ballyvourney.
Afternoon thru wild and rugged countryside, view Paps of Anu,
Arrive Killarney, Kerry.
NE to Adare - The Dunraven Arms Hotel, winner of Jameson Georgina Campbell Guide Hotel 2004. Award winning restaurant. www.dunravenhotel.com

Day 4 May 18th - Wednesday
Enchanted lake, Lough Gur, home of the goddess Aine, and the largest stone circle in Ireland nearby. Adare.

Day 5 May 19th - Thursday
The ancient Burren, karst limestone region, abounds in ancient burial sites and rare plants. Visit Aillwee Cave. After lunch, visit Cliffs of Moher on Atlantic (south side of Galway Bay).
Ennistimon, "the town of the Cascades."
Falls Hotel on the banks of the river Cullenagh. www.fallshotel.net

Day 6 May 20th - Friday
N to Galway City. Then far N to Co. Mayo. Knockranny House Hotel - Westport town on Clew Bay. www.khh.ie

Day 7 May 21st - Saturday
Granuaile - Visit Clare Island, her base for many years, in Clew Bay. Hike. Back to Westport.

Day 8 May 22nd - Sunday
Meadbh - Mt. Knocknarea to view her cairn.
Eastwards. Pass Hill of Uisneach, where Ireland was divided into five provinces, Westmeath County.
Bloomfield House Hotel, on Lough Ennell. www.bloomfieldhouse.com

Day 9 May 23rd - Monday
Eastwards - Sliabh na Caillighe, ridge of three summits, known locally as "The Witches Hops" is the site of the famous Loughcrew "cemetery" dating from fourth millennium BC. Back to Bloomfield House Hotel.

Day 10 May 24th - Tuesday (just west of Dublin)
Brigid - SE to Kildare - her wells and walk her labyrinth in the Curragh with St. Mary Minehan, a Brigidine sister and minder of Bridgid's flame.
Tulfarris House Hotel. www.tulfarris.com

Day 11 May 25th - Wednesday
To Glendalough glen, situated between two lakes. Do some tracking.
Afternoon free. Evening dance and entertainment.
Back to Tulferris House Hotel, Kildare.

Day 12 May 26th -Thursday (SE Ireland, west of Wexford Garden Co)
South. Medieval city of Kilkenny. Kyteler's Inn
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel. www.kilkennyormonde.com

Day 13 May 27th - Friday
West to south coast (east of Cork)
Bayview Hotel overlooking Ballycotton Bay. www.bayviewhotel.net

Day 14 May 28th - Saturday
Goodbye.

May 29 - Sunday
Leave Shannon 12:30 pm
Arrive SFO 9:27 pm

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(from: Goddess Tour Itinerary Up-date.rtf - May 6, 2005)
Godess of Ireland Tour UPDATE
The Goddess Of Ireland The Goddess In You
“A journey of healing and empowerment for women”
With Kathy Jones and Jennifer Berezan
May 15- 28th 2005

Day 1 Sunday May 15th Transfer from Cork Airport at 11.4, second transfer at 4.30 pm to the Celtic Ross Hotel, at the head of Rosscarbery Bay, Check-in time at the hotel is from 2.00 pm Later there will be a meet and greet session. Dinner is included at 7.00 pm. Celtic Ross Hotel. Phone 00353 2348722
Day 2 Monday May 16th After breakfast, depart 10. We will meet our first cailleach. Our opening circle is at Drombeg Stone Circle, W/Cork circle. Lunch on own in Glandore. We will head out to the fascinating Loch Hyne, the only inland salted lake in Europe and hike up through the ancient woodlands of Knockomagh, followed by a visit to the sacred well, Tobar na Suile (Well of the Eyes). Dinner on our own. Jennifer Berezan is giving a concert in the hotel to-night at 9.00pm Celtic Ross Hotel
Day 3 Tuesday May 17th Depart 10.00 am and journey to Ballyvourney, the home of Gobnait. We will meet our first Sile. We will experience the presence of our first two goddesses and relate their meanings to our lives. We will spend some time at her well. Resuming our journey through this wild and rugged countryside, we will view the Paps of Anu, the great Munster goddess god of fertility, and arrive in Killarney for lunch. Time to shop. Depart 4.00pm to Adare to the The Dunraven Arms Hotel, winner of the Jameson Georgina Campbell Guide Hotel 2004 . This 18 th century hotel is an oasis of tranquility. Dinner 7.00 pm in its award winning restaurant. Dunraven Arms Hotel ph: 00353 61 396633
Day 4 Wednesday May 18th Depart 10.00am. Visit Cnoc Aine her home, travel on to Lough Gur. We will visit her enchanted lake and the largest stone circle in Ireland. Overnight in the Dunraven Arms Hotel. Enjoy the local thatched restaurants near hotel and maybe the local pubs.
Day 5 Thursday May 19th Depart 10.00am Burren, karst limestone region abounds in ancient burial sites and rare plants. We will visit Aillwee Cave and go into the womb of Mother Earth. Lunch locally. After lunch, Cliffs of Moher. Our base to-night is Ennistymon, “the town of the Cascades.” Falls Hotel. Dinner 7.30pm. Ph: 00353 65 707 1004
Day 6 Friday May 20th Depart hotel at 10.00. We will travel through the west of Ireland: Galway City, visit some local galleries, bookshops or have a coffee! Then northwards Cong scene of the first Battle of Moyturra. Then on to Co. Mayo. Knockranny House Hotel, fine views of Westport town and Clew Bay. Dinner is at 7.00pm in the hotel. Ph: 0035398 28600
Day 7 Sunday May 22nd Meadbh, the goddess of sovereignty, name means to “intoxicate” We will track up Mt. Knocknarea to view her cairn. Then on to Carrowmore, lunch in Sligo town. Bloomfield House Hotel, on the shores of Lough Ennell. Dinner in the hotel is at 7.30 pm. Ph 00353 4440894
Day 8 Monday May 23rd Eastwards - Sliabh na Caillighe ridge of three summits, “The Witches Hops” site of Loughcrew “cemetery” dating from the fourth millennium BC. Teresa will lead us to the site. Lunch in Loughcrew Gardens Café. Then eastwards to the centre of Ireland. Hill of Uisneach.. This fifth province, Mide, the eye of Ireland and home of the goddess Eriu. Overnight in the Bloomfield House Hotel
Day 9 Tuesday May 24th Brigid, the great fire - goddess. Kildare and visit “the flame of Brigid”, her wells and walk her labyrinth in the Curragh in the company of St. Mary Minehan, a Brigidine sister and minder of Bridgid’s flame. Overnight and dinner at 7.30pm in the Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge Co. Kildare, ph:00353 45431666
Day 10 Wednesday May 25th Option of visiting Glendalough. This glen is situated between two lakes. beauty and isolation, return to the Keadeen Hotel. Dinner on own.
Day 11 Thursday May 26th South. Medieval city of Kilkenny. Kyteler’s Inn was home in the 14th century to Dame Alice Kyteler, a woman of four husbands who was accused of being a witch but managed to escape to England. Overnight in Kilkenny city in the award wining boutique Hibernian Hotel, ph: 00353 56 7771888 .Dinner on own.
Day 12 Friday May 27th South-east. Closing circle. Overnight in Bayview Hotel overlooking Ballycotton Bay. Dinner at 7.30. pm
http://www.bayviewhotel.net Ph: 00335321 4646746
Day 13 Saturday May 28th Transfers to the airport begin at 6.00am

Contact numbers
Teresa Collins 00353 86810338
Angela Buckley 00353872848101

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Carey Conrad
011-353-27-60116
Seafield House, Faha West Adrigole, Glengarriff, West Cork
careyjconrad@yahoo.com
Glengarriff, Castletownbere, Bearn Peninsula, West Cork
daughter Shirley 608-846-8060

Bus Eireann 021-450-8188
(8:00) or 9:20 to Limerick - arrives 10:10
10:35 Limerick to Killarney - arrives 12:40