There is plenty to be done on the outside of the house. Today Gabe and I moved a hundred or so slates from behind the house in order to clear it of overgrowth. Lisa got the garden started by planting some lettuce. The more temperate climate, dampness and longer growing season make this gardening heaven. [...]

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I can understand having one safe in a house, but not five! There is a little too much security on the property between the safes, the gate, the closed circuit TV of the front drive and the two alarm systems within the house. (They had a Rottweiler guard dog as well.) Needless to say, we [...]

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We moved into the house at Drumnacool. We bought the house from a German family and Andreas left a fridge in the shed filled with German beer. Well, Andreas and Anke left everything, as the house was fully furnished and they moved back to Germany with just 17 boxes of personal belongings. (I’m pretty sure [...]

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The worst bureaucratic experience I have had so far was registering as an alien. The process probably wouldn’t have been that bad, though the main Garda officer was on holiday and the man filling in was normally a fine collector. It was a scene from a bad movie with your livelihood on the line and [...]

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There’s no better way to learn a town than to walk it. We continued to do some exploring by foot today. Clearly one of the prettiest walks is along the Garavogue River that splits the town centre north and south.

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