It was around 13:00 on Day 2 when we landed into the one-street-town of Kingscourt on the eastern edge of Cavan. Mass was over and the St. Paddy's day parades were in full swing despite the weather being Baltic. These parades generally feature anything in the local village/parish that can move. This particular demonstration featured amongst other things a donkey tied to a haystack, a brass band, fourteen teenage boys kicking footballs and a tractor with a girl sitting in the back whacking the linkbox with a hurley stick.

After a solid pint in Malone's, we suddenly discovered to our horror that the car was trapped between a graveyard wall and the ongoing carnival. Once again, however, the local Garda came to our rescue with a friendly smile and stopped the whole show to let us make our getaway.