The picturesque village of Inistioge in south County Kilkenny hosts Woodstock Gardens and Arboretum, with magnificent views over the River Nore Valley to Brandon Hill. Woodstock Gardens were once considered one of the great gardens of Ireland dating to the Victorian Period from 1840-1900 and attracted many visitors. Since 1999 Kilkenny County Council has been […]
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After visiting Newbridge Silverware Visitor Centre & Museum of Style Icons M.O.S.I, I went to see Moone High Cross – one of the highest cross in Ireland. Moone High Cross, located in a small village called Moone in the south of County Kildare, is a National Monument reputedly dating from the eighth century. It is the second-tallest High Cross in […]
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In 2007, the Museum of Style Icons was established at the Newbridge Silverware Visitor Centre, in County Kildare. So, it all started with a true style icon and a wardrobe classic: Audrey Hepburn’s little black dress. The Givenchy-designed dress with a sequined peplum and matching trim at the hem. Worn by Hepburn in the mad-cap thriller Charade (1963). […]
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From The Curragh, we went to Newbridge Silverware, a design company’s visitor center with a homeware & jewelry store, a restaurant & fashion museum. Newbridge itself sits on the Curragh plains, in County Kildare, in the heart of Ireland’s ancient east. I have been there before. But I was happy to see the Newbridge Silverware […]
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I stopped to see the Military graveyard on the Curragh of Kildare. It is called Curragh Military Cemetery and is situated on the eastern side of Curragh Military Camp, 3 miles southwest of Newbridge, and 4 miles southeast of Kildare town. The Curragh has historically been a military assembly area, due to the wide expanse […]
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The Curragh is a flat open plain of almost 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of common land in County Kildare. The name Curragh comes from the Irish word “currach” which translates as “plain”, a place of the running horse. So, the Curragh is Ireland’s largest, finest, and possibly only, example of a surviving ancient lowland unenclosed […]
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