THE “pure crystal fountain” that inspired the lyrics of the famous song The Rose of Tralee is more than a figment of romantic imagination.

Rose Martin finds a bungalow with lots of cachet near an Iron Age site.

THE Opposition last night joined leading lawyers and clergy in criticising the excessive security plans for President Bush’s visit to Ireland later this week.

IT’S famed in song and story, but how many people know the exact site of the pure crystal fountain referred to in The Rose of Tralee?

A MERE walk to the local national school and a position off the main Bandon road has drawn huge interest to this property at Skehanagh, Ballinhassig, in Co Cork.