Places To Visit

Matt Malloy’s, Westport, County Mayo

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Matt Malloy’s is located on one of the main streets of Westport, County Mayo, and has reputation as being one of the best pubs in the area to enjoy a pint of Guinness and listen to some of the best live music from new and established acts currently gigging in the local area [...]

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O’Connell’s - Eyre Square, Galway

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

O’Connell’s Bar, Galway, was my first experience of a typical Irish pub/bar, and a very good one it proved to be too [...]

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Travel to Ireland by Rail

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

One of the biggest kept secrets about the railways in the UK is the availability of cheap fares to Ireland by railway [...]

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Strawberry Museum (Musée de la Fraise et du Patrimoine), Plougastel-Daoulas

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

The Musée de la Fraise (Strawberry Museum) not only tells the history of the Plougastel peninsula and its tradition of strawberry farming, but also recounts the lives of the Breton inhabitants through interesting displays, models dressed in traditional costume, and reconstructions of Breton homes [...]

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Swiss Railways

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Having been very impressed with the French railway sysytem last year, I have to say I am really impressed at not only the Swiss railway service in general, but also the ingenuity and engineering when you look at some of their railway systems [...]

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