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Sat 11 Nov 2008Take me to the island
VALENTIA:How many of us can say we are in love with where we live? Valentia Island, on the edge of the Atlantic, is a slice of heaven for its inhabitants who explain why they wouldn't - and couldn't - live anywhere else, writes Miriam Mulcahy
ITS NAME IN Irish is Dairbhre, meaning island of the oaks. And just like the name, there is something magical about the place. It's not technically an island, being joined to the mainland by the bridge at Portmagee in Kerry. The piercingly-pure sea air floods the island from all sides, while bordering every road in summertime are ridiculous amounts of montbretia and fuschia.
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