Value in Killarney

Treyvaud’s in Killarney provides rare good value in a town where some premises are still leaning towards prices that were more fitting in the Celtic Tiger era.

THAT cynical sentimentalist, Bing Crosby, at his seductive and mocking best, once wondered “How can you buy Killarney?” It may be time to add just a three-word clause to that simple, question ... “How can you buy your dinner in Killarney?”

Some of the prices shown in some of the restaurant windows seem from a different time, when we thought we could afford the earth and borrowed to buy it. Some, even by capital city standards, seem on the pushy side of high. A quick kerb-side tot, a far more active game-changer than you might imagine, suggests that dinner for two, with wine, is staring the €200 mark in the face. If a taxi and a baby sitter are involved as well then brace yourself for something beyond that horizon for a few hours cooing, and nibbling.