IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©
ACROSS
1. N.N.E. bubble burst over Sligo mountain under whose head Yeats is buried
in Drumcliff Churchyard. (9)
6. Polish with leather right inside Limerick village near Lough Gur with
a ruined castle of the de Laceys. (5)
9. "Noise is defined as a stench in the ---" Ambrose Bierce. (3)
10. The pen tips are for his Lordship. (4)
11. Guinness? No, not Arthur, but the film star! (4)
13. Each without exception is seen in Lismore very often. (5)
15. Beard of wheat woven into jackdaw nest. (3)
16. Birr lay around for what Lord Samuel described as "thought in cold
storage". (7)
17. Are reds about to be allowed into 16 across? (7)
19. Lubrication available in Portnoo illusion. (3)
20. Over there, in Mayo, namely. (3)
21. Longing for a Japanese circulator, currently. (3)
22. Mr. Swan? (3)
23. Deliberately collide ovinely? (3)
25. Come back up the Cork River to fish. (3)
26. I'd sat up with F.F. on the mother's side, heraldically speaking. (7)
27. No, I save coming back by avoidance. (7)
30. Floor covering put back in Limerick lough 12 miles south of city, with
numerous ancient monuments. (3)
31. Ogham writing about Tyrone's town on the Strule, noted for river pearls,
and for trout and salmon. (5)
32. "Any man who hates ---- and babies, can't be all bad." W.C.
Fields. (4)
35. For a confused continental prefix before American for pc black. (4)
36. Owing to this, it could be a deadly fight for two with fifty following.
(4)
37. In county Nancy visited, 8 miles west of Armagh city is a village noted
for its ancient crosses. (5)
38. Sew the mat up in County with Goldsmith country, which meets Longford
and Roscommon on Ree. (9)
DOWN
1. Lundy cob flies over to Wexford town called Newtownbarry in former times.
(8)
2. An upheaval confronts little Robert who has returned from abroad with
great wealth. (5)
3. Grassland included in the Greencastle area. (3)
4. Log brand folly. (anag.) Kerry estuary village 8 miles north of Listowel,
once the seat of the O'Connors. (13)
5. "Able was I --- I saw Elba" - palindrome attributed to Napoleon.
(3)
6. Ben had banner out for Dublin writer (1923-64) who said an Anglo-Irishman
was a protestant with a horse. (7,5)
7. Applied in house daily. (4)
8. Loud start, then yes-no confusion in Limerick port once famous for its
transatlantic seaplane service. (6)
12. Racks R.U.C. grief. (anag.) Antrim town once noted for its salt mines,
and famed in song of an exile. (12)
14. Gull by Havana. (anag.) Clare village near Lisdoonvarna, and a convenient
centre for the Burren.(12)
18. Noble involved in dear Lurgan. (4)
19. The burden is never off us. (4)
24. Athy moon over Kildare clergy training and University town. (8)
26. Tour, D.G., goes to Achill Island resort with safe bathing under Slievemore
quartz mountain. (6)
28. Below prefix is far in dispersion. (5)
29. "It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who
never inflicts ----." Cardinal Newman. (4)
33. Lyric poem sounds due. (3)
34. Like things grouped together in Port Laoise there. (3)
