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Mon 08 Aug 2008Bad weather, mess and muck 'but the vibe was great'
MUSIC FESTIVAL:WHILE MOST people took shelter from the lashing rain over the weekend, festival fans in Co Carlow were partying outdoors into the early hours of the morning. Despite the flooding and severe weather warnings issued by Met Éireann, more than 500 revellers attended the Solas festival at Huntington Castle in the Co Carlow village of Clonegal.
Signposted as "the Switzerland of Ireland", the village is set in a picturesque valley between the Blackstairs and Wicklow mountains. That said, there could never be as much muck in Switzerland as in this village by the River Derry.
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