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Traditional Irish knitting stitches mirror life in the West of Ireland, a land where deep religious faith gives meaning to a life which is always hard and often dangerous. These stitches originated on the Atlantic swept Aran Islands off the coast of Connemara....

Firbolgs pieces are colourful humourous and particularly Irish in essence. Celtic character simply flows from the laughing golfers, to the groaning rugby players through to the ceol agus craic of the rowdy musicians....

The Museum of Childhood, a short bus-journey away at No 20 Palmerstown Park, contains a wonderful collection of dolls from the early eighteenth century onwards, with dolls' houses and other childhood delights. Compulsive viewing for children and ex-children alike....