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| Wise Men who cycled into the East |
The above photo shows two Magi who having cycled 75 miles to make it to the pub in time for the televised rugby, ended up having to consume more beer than necessary at the insistence of two reformed characters from the "Fair City", with more money than the non-reformed types. Then, that is a symptom of the progressive Ireland that we inhabit. Stereotyping has never been useful and we Irish should not allow ourselves to be bought for the price of a couple of pints! However, nobody will argue with a free meal and feed of liquid energy, certainly not us. Which brings me conveniently to the topic of food and drink, especially free food and drink.
We have been approaching bars and taverns along the D2D route in the hope of garnering some support for our cause and we have had some success. However, two towns have been difficult to establish a good working publican/sponger relationship in. Where?
Well, a basic knowledge of Irish place name prefixes tells us that the term "Kil" means that a church or place of worship once stood at this place. One would therefore expect the good worshippers to also show some compassion for their kindred man but this is not always the case. Both Kenny and Arny's churches have not been forthcoming in fostering the required relationship. We might have to resort to drastic measures and spend some Euros and, besides, Andy's carry out could make a large dent in Ireland's GDP at the moment not to mention Allen's supply of Irish Spring water from China!
Come on Kilkenny and Killarney, we want to love you both!
LLL
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