You probably saw the video of this special blanket of rainbow in the Barrow valley on Bloomsday just past (no? watch it here) & now I'd like to tell you about a few more of the special things in County Kilkenny.
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| An amazing rainbow blanket in Ireland, taken by Susan at VibrantIreland.com |
Kilkenny!
Kilkenny is a beautiful, mainly rural county in the sunny Southeast of Ireland, and is world renowned for its crafts
see http://www.madeinkilkenny.ie/
& local food;
see http://www.trailkilkenny.ie/food-trail/.
Kilkenny is a beautiful, mainly rural county in the sunny Southeast of Ireland, and is world renowned for its crafts
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| An 800 yr old woolen mill tradition continues in Graignamanagh's Cushendale Woolen Mill |
& local food;
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| tasty Knockdrinna cheese - photo biabeag.com |
The landscape is mainly idyllic, with rolling hills, lush pasture, and winding rivers- the Nore, Barrow and Suir.
Here is a glimpse of this bountiful landscape & some of her inhabitants- check out the cool trick performed at the end of the clip ;-)
Watch it HERE- (& please 'like' our page while you are there, thanks!), because Blogger is being freaky & won't let me upload the video here!
On the south eastern side of the county, there is a special triangle of villages in the countryside- Graignamanagh (also spelled Graiguenamanagh), Inistioge, and Thomastown. I've a fair few posts on Graig- click on the word Graignamanagh to see more.
Just to give you a few Thomastown snippets-The Truffle Fairy chocolate shop is one of my favorite places to go to in Thomastown, their tasty local chocolates are made here, & you can also sit in & have real hot chocolate! Check out their unsual & adult flavors like: tequila, salt & lemon! Mmm ;-)
Also a favorite in T-town, stroll through the charming wee garden along the little river at the Watergarden, which has a lovely informal organic food cafe & small garden centre. Very relaxing! Some nice photos of it here from a rather unusual German blogger :-) There are fab craft places in the T-town area, be sure to click on the Made In Kilkenny link above!
Inistioge has a very good website, so if you click on it (mentioned above) you'll get a good feel for the village. My hubby really enjoys the tasty pints there, tho' his fav by a hair may be O'Donnell's- they're quite gifted at making pictures/adding your name on the pint :-)
For a wee story on a visit to Inistioge, & O'Donnell's, read this from Outdoors Ireland's visit with his dog & goat!
Oh Dear!
I've got to run off now, & I've not even told you about all the outdoors activities you can do- there's walking, cycling, canoeing, horseback riding, rowing regattas (Aug Bank Hol Sun & Mon) even bush craft in the area!
Also a favorite in T-town, stroll through the charming wee garden along the little river at the Watergarden, which has a lovely informal organic food cafe & small garden centre. Very relaxing! Some nice photos of it here from a rather unusual German blogger :-) There are fab craft places in the T-town area, be sure to click on the Made In Kilkenny link above!
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| Jerpoint Glass Studio is outside T-town, & worth a wee trip if you love glass! You may also get to see them blowing on site. |
For a wee story on a visit to Inistioge, & O'Donnell's, read this from Outdoors Ireland's visit with his dog & goat!
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| At the Graignamanagh River & Rowing regatta; photo from advertiser.ie |
I've got to run off now, & I've not even told you about all the outdoors activities you can do- there's walking, cycling, canoeing, horseback riding, rowing regattas (Aug Bank Hol Sun & Mon) even bush craft in the area!
Have YOU got a blog post/photos/video of these areas & things you enjoyed in them? If you'd like to share them with our readers, you can email us at hello@vibrantireland.com, or post on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/VibrantIreland
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