The round tower at Glendalough rising clean above its monastic ruins, the lake glinting through the Wicklow valley behind it. Leinster's history is rarely more than a short drive away. The province sweeps from Dublin out through Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, and the midland counties. Past 50 here, you've usually settled into one corner of it: a Dublin postcode, a commuter town, or a county address you've held for thirty years. The roads in and out are familiar, and so are the social limits.
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For a first coffee, Dublin members suggest Stephen's Green or Sandymount Strand. Wicklow has Powerscourt Estate and the Glendalough lakes themselves. Kilkenny's Medieval Mile, Wexford Quay, and Trim Castle in Meath all work for a slow afternoon. Naas in Kildare and Drogheda's Boyne walk cover the commuter belt. Mullingar and Athlone for the midlands when neither of you fancies driving toward the capital.