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Tue 07 Jul 2008Soak in seaweed to relax and heal
DUBBED BY some as Ireland's only indigenous spa therapy, seaweed baths have been attracting customers to the west coast of Ireland since the early 20th century.
Kilcullen's Bath House in Enniscrone, Co Sligo, which opened in 1912, continues to offer seaweed baths in large free-standing porcelain baths and visitors to the bath house are advised to begin the experience with five minutes in a wooden steam chamber and end it with a cold seawater shower.
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