Visit to Clonakilty

Dear Sirs,

My wife and I have just returned home from a week long holiday in West Cork, including a visit yesterday to Clonakilty town and later to Inchydoney. We were both highly impressed with the cleanliness and general tidiness of the shops, restaurants and other businesses despite the fact that the recent floods have caused so much havoc to traders and residents alike. I appreciate that there is still substantial repair work to be carried out to several properties and we saw evidence of this underway at various locations.

I think what impressed us most was the genuine friendliness and helpfulness from every business person that we came into contact with. You have a town to be proud of and it is the people working and living there who are the real building blocks. Bricks, cement and timber can all be replaced or repaired with relative ease but getting the right people is somewhat harder. In Clonakilty you have the right people and it will be much appreciated if you could find some way to pass our best wishes to them all. We very much look forward to our next visit.

With best regards,

Mark & Mary-Lou Parker

Hillsborough

Co. Down