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CONNECTIONS:No, that is not a misspell or a typo, I am here referring to the single-L Holywood of County Down, not the double-L one in California. So lets have a look at the connections between that town and Kilrush, writes Conan Kennedy

 And yes, of course there may be many, though none apart from this man portrayed here are immediately apparent. Holywood, Co Down, is the quintessential uppercrust Unionist location. No-one on the street looks like they have ever posted an envelope into a letterbox that wasnt painted red. Whereas in Co Clare's Kilrush? Different demographic.