Kinsale:
Winner of European prize for Tourism and the Environment, Entente Florale, National Tidy Town, Gourmet Capital - one of Ireland's oldest towns, with narrow streets and many historic buildings to explore; all sheltered by a beautiful harbour.
You cannot stroll very far before coming across Kinsales fab restaurants from the internationally known Fishy Fishy, to Max's Wine Bar, Toddie's, The Blue Haven, The Bistro with Jean-Marc's great Franco Chinese food, you will never be hungry.
Getting here:
Getting here is easy with direct flights to Cork from most UK and many European airports. Coming from America? Cork is only a 40 minute flight from Dublin International airport, and about 2 hours car journey to Shannon Airport. If you're arriving by car Cork Ferryport, serving Swansea in Wales and Roscoff in France, is only 14 miles away
Kinsale calendar of events 2006:
March Kinsale Festival of Fine Food in Newport, Rhode Island - Hal McElroy 477 2301; 20 Mar St Patrick's Day Parade Ted McNamara - 087 201 0825; 26 - 27 Mar Munster 420 Championships Ann Kelly - 477 3433; April Newport Festival of Fine Food in Kinsale Denis Kieran - 477 2382; 29 Apr- 2 May Heineken Kinsale Rugby 'Sevens by the Sea' Philip Stokes - 450 9125; 6-9 May Kinsale Vintage Car Club Rally Mary Browne - 087 996 7477; 4-6 Jun Spring Bank Holiday; 5-6 Jun South Union Hunt Point to Point Larry Egan - 477 2964; June Sea Sunday Mission to Seafarers Canon David Williams - 477 2220; 22-25 June Sovereign's Cup Ann Kelly KYC - 477 3433; 30 Jun -3 Jul National Dragon Championships Ann Kelly KYC - 477 3433; 29 Jul - 4 Aug Bank Holiday and Kinsale Regatta Dermot Ryan - 477 2729; 6-8 Oct Kinsale Food Festival 2006 Jack Walsh - 477 9900; 28-31 Oct Kinsale Fringe Jazz Festival.
Golf:
Golf Information There are dozens of championship Golf Courses in South West Ireland. Within a few minutes there is Kinsale Golf Club as well as the world renowned Old Head of Kinsale Golf Club.
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