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Visit the Village of the Dead on the West Coast

  By Will | March 12, 2010 - 6:06 pm | Games
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So the village of the dead is in Ireland. No this isn’t about ghost estates but the 2007 PS3 game Folklore. For some reason the Japanese game designers decided to play with the tales of the Sidhe and the other Irish Fairy folk and make a little village on the West coast of Ireland the place where you can enter the realms of the dead. Realms is important here, it seems that, according to the game, there are at least seven otherworlds (and a few more thanks to downloadable content) all accessible through ring forts, standing stones and odd stone arches only seen in science fiction.

Cois Fharraige 2009 gets the green light

  By Steph | August 6, 2009 - 5:57 pm | Gigs, Music
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The veil of uncertainty over whether or not the Cois Fharraige festival was going ahead this year finally lifted today and it’s all systems go according to promoters MCD. It’s the third year of Ireland’s music and water sports festival taking place down on the west coast in Kilkee, Co.Clare over 3 days from September 11th to 13th. Thus far the music line-up sounds fantastic featuring Doves, The Zutons, Newton Faulkner, Noah & The Whale, The Hold Steady, Stereo MC’s, Lightning Seeds, and Jerry Fish with more acts to be announced in the coming days. Kilkee is hugely popular with the surfing community the whole year round and while you’re there you can try your hand at some surfing lessons or try out some water-skiing or diving or even just head for a swim in the refreshing Atlantic ocean. And if you’re not feeling the ocean vibe, there’s some amazing … There’s more →