Irish vacation cottage in Aughavannagh near Glendalough Wicklow
The cottage sleeps up to seven adults and is set on 5 acres in the beautiful Aughavannagh valley. Easily accessible from air and ferry ports, Bloomsday aficionados can celebrate Bloomsday in style, staying in the cottage and travelling into Dublin by car, bus or rail. The cottage features perfectly a perfectly restored kitchen with an oil fired range, 4 lovely bedrooms each with glorious views and a lovely garden area complete with ample seating. With the summer already booking up fast this is the ideal time to book your vacation in good time comments owner Valerie Deighan.
According to Valerie ‘The background to the modern day Bloomsday began in 1954 when poets Patrick Kavanagh and Anthony Cronin, together with some friends decided to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloomsday by a pilgrimage to the Martello Tower in Sandycove and a tradition was started that year’. Sandycove is on the DART rail line from Bray and thus easily accessible from Aughavannagh. Valerie comments ‘Bloomsday now involves a wide range of cultural activities combining Ulysses readings and dramatisations, pub crawls, bartender races and general merriment, much of it hosted by the James Joyce Centre in North Great George's Street in Dublin’s city centre. Enthusiasts often dress in Edwardian costume to celebrate Bloomsday, and retrace Bloom's route around Dublin via landmarks such as Davy Byrne's pub’.
Aughavannagh Cottage is an hour south of Dublin and is available for Bloomsday week June 12-19 at a rate of £845. For more information see www.holidaywicklow.com or contact + 353 1 497 6494
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