We’ve heard many claims recently of attacks on rural Ireland. Most we’ve heard before. Most pertaining to a handful of industries. Most from a minority made wealthy by those industries. 

But one recent accusation was new to me — the idea that regulating short-term lets is an attack on rural Ireland. I must confess, I had no idea these properties were such an important part of my culchie heritage. I felt compelled to address this oversight, and what better place to do so than the Museum of Irish Rural Life, right here in my new home of Kilrush, Co Clare.

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