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Market House in Kilrush city center square hosts Kilrush Heritage Center.
The display is entitled 'Kilrush in Landlord Times' and includes an audio visual reconstruction of the 1888 Vandeleur evictions. The exhibition is a great starting point for a heritage walk through the streets of Kilrush, which will complete your transportation back to experience landlord times in Kilrush.
Written Mar 2, 2012
Address: Market House
Website: www.kilrush.ie
I found another road leading through the woods back to Kilrush. Here some pics from the road.
Nice views.
Written Feb 27, 2012
I took so many pics there, that I need to create another tip page.
Look at Vandeleurs garden webiste for history, info about plants etc.
Written Feb 27, 2012
Address: Killimer Road
Phone: +353-65-905-1760
Website: http://www.vandeleurwalledgarden.ie/contact.html
If you like gardens, then Vandeleurs Walled garden is a must. Its not very big but worth the visit.
Vandeleur is the name every person in Kilrush knows, because this family owned lands on west Clare and so to say was on power in that area and had a big word on designing Kilrush into what we can see a lot today.
Vandeleur - wierd name is'nt it. Well I found out it is Dutch.
Written Feb 27, 2012
Address: Killimer Road
Phone: +353-65-905-1760
Website: http://www.vandeleurwalledgarden.ie/
If you play anglo concertina you'll want to look into this festival.
Mrs. Elizabeth Crotty (1885-1960) was a natural musician who enjoyed a unique mastery of the concertina. People would seek out her company and sit quietly captivated as she played. But what she loved most of all was teaching and encouraging young musicians. This festival honours her memory by providing concertina instruction to students of all ages and abilities, in a lovely seaside setting.
In researching this information I just learned that the festival has incorporated fiddle instruction now as well! Excellent.
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Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Kilrush, Ireland
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Dolphin's Pass B&B: Room with a view
lenoreva Says: Incredibly clean, roomy and homey en-suite room for 25 Euro per person per night. Getting there is not easy, esp. at night in the dark, but the view in the morning as you eat your breakfast is amazing - looks out over dolphin's bay where you'll see dolphins jumping - if...
Very friendly and authentic Irish pub in a small town in the south of County Clare. One wet and cold afternoon in May we had a few beers and watched the golf and got talking to the owner. Came back for dinner, very good. We didn't stay there but they have B&B rooms upstairs (see their website). More chats with owner Kevin about golf - it was like meeting an old friend. Lots of history to the pub.
Written Jun 29, 2011
Address: Centre of town.
Website: www.crottyspubkilrush.com
Kilrush has a great golf course. It's usually very busy during the day, but if you wake up early you can have a great game
Written Sep 13, 2005
Favorite thing: Its so little town that you have time to explore a lot.
The liveliest place in town is town square. Bus stops also there.
Fondest memory: When usually ( as much as I have seen so far ) the Irish towns tend to be quite compactly built with narrow streets. Kilrush in the other hand has a lot of space...it feels spacious.
Written Feb 27, 2012
Favorite thing: In the center of the square is the monument to the 'Manchester Martyrs', also known as 'The Three Fenians', were Irish nationalists who were executed for the murder of a policeman during a prison break. William O'Mera Allen, Michael Larkin, and William Goold (aka O'Brien) were hanged in Manchester, England on November 23, 1867. These men were caught and convicted for their rescue of Colonel Thomas J. Kelly and Captain Timothy Deasy. The rescue took place on the borders of West Gorton and Ardwick, to the immediate south east of Manchester City Centre.
(Spparently these guys who attacked a van that was transporting some Irish nationalists from one prison to another had to bad luck to kill a policeman when they fired at the lock on the van at the exact moment that the policeman was looking out the keyhole to see what was going on).
Updated Jun 28, 2007
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