IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©
ACROSS
1. Tabby Ryan put out, in West Cork, where the Whiddy Island oil terminal
is. (6,3)
6. The ma is confused in the Royal part of Ireland , once a separate province,
together with Westmeath. (5)
9. Lovely Beany! (anag.) 6 across scenic area from Trim to Drogheda. (5,6)
11. Pine for Irish men? (3)
12. Girl seen in Clonmel lengthways. (5)
14. "---- a Catholic, always a Catholic. That's the rule." Mary
O'Malley. (4)
15. Rob hen and be subject to the system of laws governing ancient Gaelic
society. (6)
19. He's glad you'd mingled with the founder of the Gaelic League and first
President of Ireland in 1938. (7,4)
21. Castrated ram sounds unsure as to which of the two choices to make!
(6)
23. "The years like great black ---- tread the world." Yeats.
(4)
24. Trash about these ancient forts being fairy rings .......... (5)
27. ............. but fairy is seen in a Clonmel forest. (3)
29. Ferry live if over Anna Livia's Dublin flower! (5,6)
30. Ventured into the Kildare demesne. (5)
31. Credible mix-up with Garda leader in picturesque Kildare village home
of Dean Swift's love 'Vanessa'. (9)
DOWN
1. Leo, by turning, comes to Roscommon town at the base of the Curlew Hills
near Lough Key. (5)
2. Take a small bite out of the pen tip to start with. (6)
3. Beam on artificial fibre from wood pulp. (5)
4. Meaty complaint? (4)
5. Once around the sun. (4)
6. "In Winter, the ---- goes to the cow's horns." Irish Proverb
(4)
7. Open invitation to each and all in Delgany on each visit. (6)
8. Spare hole dug up in Westmeath village named after a tradition that Hugh
de Lacy made a spectacular equestrian jump over the castle drawbridge. (9)
10. He'll ring via roundabout way to famous Wexford site of 1798 battle
near Enniscorthy. (7,4)
13. "It is not that I half knew my ------, I knew half of her: the
lower half" Flann O'Brien. (6)
15. Rub leg in distraction when he plays reveille. (6)
16. No dud land turned over in village on outskirts of Belfast close to
Stormont. (9)
17. He married 13 down with a sudden noise. (3)
18. Not even seen in Hollywood demesne. (3)
20. Fear of a mistake after tea apparently. (6)
22. Yet sad about having remained. (6)
24. Pass it on in Greenore Ferry context. (5)
25. Soundly burn writer of 'The Aran Islands' (1871-1909) (5)
26. Void confusion for Roman who wrote "Far hence, keep far from me,
you grim women". (4)
27. A Norse of a different colour? Red in his case!
28. How to repair the tooth in Glengarriff illustration. (4)
