July 26, 2005

Hunting and traveling
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Faerlas, forgot to answer your questions...
yes there is hunting in Ireland. Mostly pest control, Rabbit, Fox, Crow etc. Maximum rifle calibre of .22, above this and you need a special permit on top of the licence. Only game keepers get these permits, mostly for culling deer. As far as I know there is no "gentry on horse back" chasing foxes with hounds in the Republic.
Gun control is fairly tight. No handguns, no high powered rifles, no automatics. A licence requires you have access to land on which to hunt.
Hopefully this will not kick off the whole right to bear arms nonsense... :)

Distance/Time to cross Ireland... well depends... if you take your time. North to south is longer than east to west. I drove from Donegal (northern most county) to Kerry (southern most county) in 9 hours. But then I did take a few weird roads and did get held up in Mallow (the place was like the Bermuda triangle,couldn't escape). A neighbour did the Donegal - Cork run in 5 hours. Mad speed. Someone say something about women drivers???!!!

See you all later :) Ash Nazg...