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Mill House - Self catering and bed and breakfast in Killeenmore. 7 km from the heritage town of Tullamore.

Eskermore House Bed and Breakfast - A secluded Georgian House in the heart of Ireland, provides location information and on-line booking form.

Ardmore House - A restored Victorian bed and breakfast in the picturesque village of Kinnitty.

Ely O'Carroll - Midlands tourism. Offers information on accommodation, activities, entertainment and history.

Minnocks Farmhouse - Farmhouse Accommodation in Birr. The ideal retreat for that well deserved break.

Slieve Bloom Bar, Guesthouse - Located at the foot of the beautiful Slieve Bloom mountains. Beside Kinnitty Castle, offering accommodation and food is served daily.

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We waste time "Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your enemy some day; and hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your friend some day." (Ali bin Live truth instead of professing it. -- Elbert Hubbard Do you not know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled? -- Pope Julius III Travel and Tourism Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. - Henry David Thoreau Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children. -- Libby Gelman-Waxner I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage Travel and Tourism "I offer images; I conjure memories of freedom that can still be reached ... But, we can only open the doors. We can't drag people through. 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Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic." (Andy Warhol, Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up) Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. -- Thomas Szasz "Every act of creation is first an act of destruction." (Pablo Picasso) "One can do without people but one has need of a friend." (Chinese Proverb) Travel and Tourism Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday. -- Woody Allen Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. -- Flannery O'Connor All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control futur Travel and Tourism Marriage is like a hot bath. 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