Staying in a small apartment which has been built above a garage. Near Horse and Jockey (!) and not far from Thurles--pronounced Tur-less. My change fro 5 Euro when I bought an apple and a choclate bar was "tree turty". A young bloke I got talking to had just completed a Community Studies course in Thurles and wanted to get into "yute work"--nothing to do with Holdens. You get the idea. Countryside is pretty, rolling country and very green. Dairying is the main type of agriculture and the not unpleasant smell of dairy cow shit hangs in the air where I am staying. I have a VW Golf which is ideal, the roads are good to adequate and traffic is pretty light. Signage is good and I am finding my way around. Went straight to Ballycahill
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