Miltown Malbay hosts the annual Willie Clancy Irish Music Festival, one of Ireland's great trad music events.

to cushion a blow

It’s bad enough under normal circumstances having a wife who can’t stand cold weather. But having one like mine who morbidly fears the freeze makes it beyond belief when the temperature skids below zero. No way can you know just how bad it is unless you have your own cryophobe.

The operation of exarticulation presents the following advantages over amputation performed in the continuity of the diseased bure in cases of osteo-myelitis: