IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©
ACROSS
1. Heard dog turned up in historic Louth town on the Boyne where Cromwell
massacred over 2000 in 1649. (8)
5. Led back to the French wine in Westmeath village with a ruined castle
of the Nugents. (6)
9. Ever retreating but O.K. inside to cancel permission to return through
Beleek overnight. (6)
10. Seen to increase in size in Lough Derg rowing boat. (4)
11. Neil comes back with a legal right to the property. (4)
12. "Always be first into a wood, but last into a ---." Irish
Proverb
13. Piping god joins the Spanish list of names to make a selection from.
(5)
14. Loire meanders, as seen from the upper story window in Liscannor, I
elicit. (5)
15. E.g. old Brown returns to give a sly push with the elbow. (5)
17. Still yearning after losing a ring. (3)
18. Nips back to go around the centre. (4)
20. Dress fabric has stain over. (5)
22. Ugly ould wan seen in Drumsha garden. (3)
23. Cuts down the crop to spare confusion. (5)
25. Record the scene on the way back through Drumliffin. (4)
26. Hand over the money to see puppy make a noise on the way back. (3)
29. Keels over in a smooth way. (5)
32. State in a state in a sense! (5)
33. "The ugly are often ----- and the handsome unfortunate." Irish
Proverb. (5)
34. Get a wee drop in Belfast otherwise. (3)
35. The number of acres in Kilrea real estate. (4)
36. Find the religious leader going through Leitrim amiably. (4)
37. Rang with apparent ease in order to raise the dander. (6)
39. The "Floozey in the Jacuzzi" in O'Connell Street is dedicated
to the spirit of this Dublin flower! (6)
40. Long ache to come up to Kerry village on an inlet of Brandon Bay under
Mount Brandon. (8)
1. No score, Bud; come back to the town of the hurdle ford. (6)
2. Give cause for feeling hurt, that's just not on, finally. (6)
3. Possessive female in Drumlish error. (3)
4. Hid seven lads in obscurity on spot in Lough Erne with fine ecclesiastical
remains. (8,6)
6. Via external surroundings I grin up at small Cavan town on Lough Ramor,
a fine coarse fishing lake. (8)
7. Blew sins away in quiet Monaghan village near Clones in a beautiful hilly
setting. (8)
8. Likes chill game (anag.) Island off the Kerry coast with a famous group
of monastic beehive cells. (7,7)
10. Blood and guts included in Sligo rendering. (4)
12. "And its heroes were made, In the lost ---hood of Judas Christ
was betrayed." AE. (3)
13. Spanish labourer makes a quiet start for a very long time. (4)
16. Irish lass loses no clan from Clounanna. (3)
19. Give this friend an ace and he'll make a royal house. (3)
20. Last to come over the rise into Galway seaside suburb with a fine promenade.
(8)
21. Old official makes Pat stiff. (8)
23. So comes up in the little railway showing a healthy glow to the cheeks.
(4)
24. Is this for whom the buck stops? (3)
27. Moat meanders in a small way. (4)
28. Still waiting to happen in Tipperary etc. (3)
30. Are art letters mistakes? (6)
31. 'E a duke? (anag.) Roscommon village where Turlough O'Carolan lived;
he is buried nearby in Kilronan. (6)
38. "You never got a tame --- from a wild goose." Irish Proverb.
(3)
