Notes and Jottings

I’m going to Kilkenny tomorrow, and staying for a few days, to sample some of the “Kilkenny Arts Week”:http://www.kilkennyarts.ie/ activities.

I was wondering how to prioritise my time, and Bernie Goldbach “gives some pointers”:http://irish.typepad.com/irisheyes/2003/08/best_summer_fes.html. Certainly I’m too late for the opening parade, but I may try to book a ticket for _Soiled_.

And Kilkenny really is a beautiful places. Bernie has some photos which are “viewable here”:http://irish.typepad.com/photos/kilkenny/. This city has some wonderful buildings dating back to the Middle Ages, such as Rothe House (which is now the local tourist information office), Kilkenny Castle itself, the Tholsel, two cathedrals (Mary’s and Canice’s). The whole layout of the town still is indicative of its origins—with narrow streets and even narrower slipways.

And to point further at how nice it is, it always gets more points than Bennettsbridge in the “Tidy Towns Competition”:http://www.oasis.gov.ie/environment/tidy_towns.html

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