Mountmellick is a town of about 4000 people, a couple of hours by bus south west of Dublin. As nice and friendly as the place is, no-one has yet requested it be added to the list of travelblog locations and it clearly isn't on the list of popular tourist places in Ireland. I suspect though, in common with many, if not most, of the small towns of Ireland, Mountmellick has a history that is interesting and still celebrated by the locals. I am convinced that a few days spent talking, walking and having the occasional ale in such a small town is something that should be part of any visit by anybody to this country. We had a special reason for visiting Mountmellick. Almost 200 years ago my great, great grandmother was born here. At the
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