Archive for December, 2007

    The Charms of Wexford, part 2

    December 24, 2007 No Comments

    All this said, it’s ‘the other Wexford’ that claims my affection, to the extent where friends have taken to calling me ‘The Ambassador’. It begins with a left turn on the N11 at Ferns towards the picturesque town of Enniscorthy. One the way you pass Salville House, a weekend retreat that enables you to do ...

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    The Charms of Wexford

    December 24, 2007 No Comments

    I have just celebrated my 20th anniversary of coming to Dublin to live. When I arrived on 28th August 1987 the place was closed for business. Emigration, albeit not in famine ships, seemed to be the fate of Ireland’s populace once more. The ferries leaving Dun Laoghaire sat several feet lower in the water than ...

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    Yesterday I set out to clean out my store cupboard – well, not exactly ‘clean out’ but at least...

    RESTAURANT REVIEW – Lee Kee

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