IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©
ACROSS
1. Ram rode around in this West County Waterford seaside resort of Tidy
Towns fame. (7)
4. Hear Mag out in Derry village, birthplace of Charles Thompson secretary
to the first U.S. Congress who wrote out the Declaration of Independence.
(7)
9. Little Daniel and Gerard get together and find themselves in peril. (6)
10. Ham rag torn up in Ireland's ecclesiastical capital, and ancient seat
of Ulster kings. (6)
12. American uncle comes before cardinal in like manner. (4)
14. Soundly lift the shafts of light. (4)
15. A five zero chartered accountant laid out in Wicklow village in vale
described by Moore "as that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet".
(5)
17. German river, ring the German! (4)
18. I sent soul here. (anag.) Seat of power in Dublin's Kildare Street built
in 1745; the American White House is said to be modelled on it. (8,5)
22. But of course, it is possible for these to be evens! (4)
24. South West limb with huge number of insects. (5)
25. Can return from Napoleon's place of exile. (4)
27. Help with a wager. (4)
30. My fore in turmoil in Cork town on the Blackwater of salmon fishing
fame. (6)
31. Farm bailiff will feel deep sorrow at rig up the night before. (6)
32. S.E. sworn to uncover this Wexford town on the Barrow, taken by Bagenal
Harvey in 1798. (3,4)
33. Lad returns in biscuit dip in principal Louth town closely associated
with Cuchulainn. (7)
DOWN
1. Rat Fred agitated in Kerry near Banna Strand where Roger Casement was
arrested in 1916. (7)
2. Undone by confusion in Meath village south of Ashbourne near the County
Dublin border. (8)
3. Rove about, yonder. (4)
5. "Michaelangelo left a proof On the Sistine chapel roof, Where but
half awakened ---- Can disturb globetrotting Madam." Yeats. (4)
6. Made very happy by ale Ted brought over. (6)
7. Try a hen. (anag.) Co. Galway town with a castle built 1238, and low
lie its fields in song. (7)
8. Small site core. (anag.) Majestic seat of the Duke of Devonshire in Co.
Waterford. (7,6)
11. "Better --- than dead", slogan of the Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament. (3)
13. Soft fools, but gains success. (6)
16. Not out from Omeath. (2,4)
19. No sea pub will make you take the stand. (8)
20. For coin to be tossed in beautiful Clare village near shore of Lough
Inchiquin. (7)
21. Be fifty followed by Welsh emblem in Fermanagh village on Donegal border
famed for its magnificent lustrous chinaware. (7)
23. R.U. word used in pretty Laois village on the banks of the River Erkina.
(6)
26. Old Chinese leader seen in Fatima over the years. (3)
28. Second class affirmation leads to cricket scores without hitting the
ball. (4)
29. Right between two articles, the three beautiful Galway islands of Inishmore,
Inishmaan and Inisheer, thirty miles off the coast, and immortalised by
Synge in "Riders to the Sea". (4)
