{"id":231,"date":"2012-03-25T10:09:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T10:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/irish-country-estate-roads-and-sheep"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:28","slug":"irish-country-estate-roads-and-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/25\/irish-country-estate-roads-and-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Country Estate, Roads and Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before I came here, I thought many of the Irish all lived in quaint country homes and estates that looked liked this. When in fact, the above is not at all the norm……<\/div>\n
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as are the sheep……. 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