Number 40
IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©

ACROSS
1. Th' oul' mixture in the smallest county in Ireland where Cuchulainn was said to have been born. (5)
4. Northern leader joins Vanguard over in Waterford town of the Decies on the River Colligan. (9)
9. Con is upset about the plant cutting. (5)
10. Right out of the competition, but it's on the cards that it will win! (3)
12. Ride around the north looking for an American eating house. (5)
13. Girl to sing at the celebration of 5 down? (5)
14. Apparently I'll run down the centre of the church. (5)
15. Estimate the value of a female donkey? (5)
16. Give a loan after the second to cause a mix-up. (5)
17. "They (women) are wiser than men because they ---- less and understand more." James Stephens. (4)
20. " riverrun past Eve and ----'s from swerve of shore to bend of bay." Joyce (as on a £10 note!). (4)
23. A liar in need of reform in Irish seat of power in Leinster House. (4,7)
24. Helps to dismantle dais. (4)
25. Rant about the high water. (4)
26. Lures break the regulations. (5)
27. Frozen lands would stun Draperstown environmentally. (6)
30. Go forth, with Ms. O'Brien who used to drop into the pub in the Smithwicks commercial? (5)
32. Attack with a broken stone. (5)
34. Give a name to son of 20 across after a half century. (5)
35. Nothing of French in the poem. (3)
36. The poet's muse is in Maghera tomorrow. (5)
37. Exile baby. (anag.) Laois town with tree-lined streets founded in 1183 by Conor O'More. (9)
38. Medical officer consumed food in Westmeath market town near the Havard University archaeological dig of 1932 . (5)

DOWN
1. Ask in sale about neat Fermanagh town with the ruins of Castle Balfour. (9)
2. U.S