Jan Morris

From Celtic tiger to pussycat

You can see the legacy of the Celtic Tiger years, in good roads and boarded-up shops, but something different is now abroad

Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle (Photo: Getty) 
issue 02 January 2016

After a healthy Irish lunch I drove blithely off through the streets of Roscrea, I think it was, to find that everywhere I went the populace was cheerfully waving at me, smiling, gesticulating or blowing horns. When I stopped to ask them why, I found that I had left on the roof of my car a wallet containing my entire worldly wealth, cash, credit cards and all.

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