Coast with the most: 20 Munster road trips to try this summer
Tom Breathnach discovers 20 mighty Munster road-trip highlights
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Tom Breathnach
Take a Viking tour, Waterford
Welcome to Vadrafjord (that’s Waterford to you and I). Ireland’s oldest city has been steeped in a storied maritime history since it was founded by Vikings in 915 AD. The city’s well-preserved Viking Triangle offers visitors a trove of historic attractions within its walls. King of the Vikings, billed as the world s first viking virtual reality adventure, is a family-friendly 3D experience which brings you up close and personal with Waterford’s onetime sea pirate warlords. The site is located in a replica Viking house within the ruins of a medieval monastery, all adding to the drama; kingofthevikings.com. For the perfect evening refuge, take the 20km spin down to cliffs and coves of Dunmore East and feast at one of Ireland’s best seafood chippers, East Pier.
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Cork
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South-tipperary
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Cahersiveen
Celtic-sea
kee-ar-ah) means dark hair. From the Gaelic
ciar, which means black, this lyrical name is one of the more popular picks among Irish parents – possibly in homage to the seventh-century Irish saint. In the U.S., we have Ciara, a singer-songwriter from Texas, via Georgia, as bearer of this saintly name. Currently ranked #1,406.
Clodagh
Clodagh, though the spelling may make guesswork for Americans, is pronunced
Clo-dah, just as it looks. It comes from the name of the River Clodagh (also spelled Clody) in County Waterford, Ireland; one story says an English aristocrat named his daughter after the river that ran through his property. With the adorable nickname of Clo, Clodagh is common on the Emerald Isle but has yet to take hold in the rest of the world: It s currently ranked #4,164.
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Hollywood
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Ardmore
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