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Swiss village in Ireland

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  • 11-07-2018 12:52pm
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    yoshiktk
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    Hi,
    Few days ago my wife heard in the store from one of her customers that there is a swiss like built village somewhere in Ireland. After few google moments I couldn't find a thing. Did anyone heard about it?
    Thanks


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    LiamaDelta
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    yoshiktk wrote: »
    Hi,
    Few days ago my wife heard in the store from one of her customers that there is a swiss like built village somewhere in Ireland. After few google moments I couldn't find a thing. Did anyone heard about it?
    Thanks

    There's the 'Swiss Cottage' in Cahir Co. Tipperary.


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    riffmongous
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    LiamaDelta wrote: »
    There's the 'Swiss Cottage' in Cahir Co. Tipperary.

    I'm guessing there was a few of them built around the country then as I know of a ruined one near where I am from. They seem to have been a fancy built on the big rich landed estates, but it would look like on the one in Cahir survives


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    imme
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    I'm guessing there was a few of them built around the country then as I know of a ruined one near where I am from. They seem to have been a fancy built on the big rich landed estates, but it would look like on the one in Cahir survives

    Yes there was one in santry north Dublin
    A pub in the area used the name Swiss cottage in homage


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    imme
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    Here's a piece about the santry Swiss cottages

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santry


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    spurious
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    There is also the Old Russian Village in Kilquade, Wicklow.


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    ted1
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    LiamaDelta wrote: »
    yoshiktk wrote: »
    Hi,
    Few days ago my wife heard in the store from one of her customers that there is a swiss like built village somewhere in Ireland. After few google moments I couldn't find a thing. Did anyone heard about it?
    Thanks

    There's the 'Swiss Cottage' in Cahir Co. Tipperary.
    There’s one on Santry too.


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    eeeee
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    I went to school in one. It's called Ardagh in Co. Longford. The Landpeople back in the day, the Featherstones, decided they wanted their tenants to live in Swiss cottages following their grand tour. So they built the whole village in stone Swiss cottages.


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    yoshiktk
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    nee wrote: »
    I went to school in one. It's called Ardagh in Co. Longford. The Landpeople back in the day, the Featherstones, decided they wanted their tenants to live in Swiss cottages following their grand tour. So they built the whole village in stone Swiss cottages.

    That could be it. Unfortunate the customer didn't say any details, that's why I thought that maybe she meant the one in South America.
    Will have to check it out. Thanks.
    Btw any good destinations for 1day trips from Greystones?


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    eeeee
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    Here's a pic of Ardagh from the pub:

    t7k5tz.jpg


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