“Welcome to Dunquin Holiday Village. Your accommodation is provided in individual houses scattered without restriction all around the valley, in what is a holiday village for the sole use of visitors.
“Please feel free to pop in to our tourist information office in the former national school building, long since closed.”.
“Organised guided tours are provided of the settlements of the former inhabitants, and a native farmhouse has been restored for visitors.”
The opening lines of an article written by Clár Reachtaire le RnaG and columist Dáithí de Mórdha for Tuairisc.ie. Treasa speaks to Dáithí who says in the village of Dún Chaoin, in the Irish speaking Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht of West Kerry, people have difficulties getting planning or affording house prices in a region, filled with holiday homes, many of which are empty for a large part of the year.
http://media.radiokerry.ie/upload/radiokerry/audio/DAITHI_HOUSESS.mp3
