IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©
ACROSS
1. Am hugging an area turned over to Kilkenny village at a bend in the Barrow
under Mount Brandon. (15)
8. Rushed in in time, agitated, for democratic Society founded by Wolfe
Tone in 1790. (6,8)
10. Is the singer, Mr Stewart, staff? (3)
12. Draw article back for prize. (5)
13. Don's returned around the 25th for the bishops' conference in Kilfarrassy
no doubt. (5)
15. According to songwriter Chauncey Olcott in 1912, the Irish ones are
smiling. (4)
17. Trews to part. (anag.) Sheltered Derry seaside bathing resort set in
a pretty bay. (11)
18. Old Irish police force with aspiration to become wealthy. (4)
20. Wren gets ruffled before the penultimate Down town known as the 'Gap
of the North'. (5)
23. Da came back in the night before to get away. (5)
24. She gets this short title and loses her own name! (3)
26. Her caller's plan. (anag.) Leader of the Home Rule Party from 1874 to
1890. (7,7)
27. Relabel gear, hand over to Roscommon town near Lough Gara. (15)
DOWN
1. Rub orange G.A.A. (anag.) Cork lake, source of the Lee, with a hermitage
island of St. Finbarr. (7,5)
2. "Nor dread nor hope attend a dying ------; a man awaits his end
dreading and hoping all." Yeats. (6)
3. E.g. red about avarice. (5)
4. Saracen prince seen in Sneem, Ireland. (4)
5. Operatic star returns to describe someone infected with 3 down. (4)
6. As white as a layer?.........(5)
7. ......and same layer interrupts any Tipperary site north of Carrick on
Suir noted for its High Crosses. (6)
9. Rot down sure to be disturbed for ancient Irish look-out posts. (5,6)
11. Cane law tells. (anag.) Quiet Down town between Mourne Mountains and
Slieve Croob. (12)
13. Weekend article; the devil it is! (5)
14. Act before lopsided description for the bride's money. (5)
15. Ireland Irish in their eyes. (4)
16. Jacob had included Cork transatlantic port once called Queenstown. (4)
19. Lash E.C. about a Tipperary town, one of Ireland's greatest historic
sites. (6)
21. Swiss style of interlaced art embraced by Celts in late neolithic times.
(2,4)
22. First class return of R.U.C. to Vatican top brass. (5)
23. Mistake in primer Rory read. (5)
24. Grand he's around for the network. (4)
25. Went quickly on way through Clones pedalling. (4)
