Share your Home Truths

If your heart is convinced you should move home but your head has more questions - who should you listen to?

You need unbiased information about what's really going on. What you need is a few Home Truths and that's were we come in!

At FRS Recruitment we have the expertise to advise people about finding the right job. But life is about more than just work!

Returning emigrants need to know the story on the ground. They want to know about the schools, the playgrounds, the potholes and the pubs. With over 1,500 employees across Ireland, FRS Recruitment has an unrivalled network of local experts ready to
answer any question, big or small.

Did You Know?

Cavan

It's not just farmers and cows in this neck of the woods. There is a whopping 365 lakes in Cavan, 1 for every day of the year!

Clare

Down around Newmarket-on-Fergus they had to build a motorway around a fairy bush!

The Lisoonvarna Match Making festival is world famous, local man Willie Daly has been match making for over 50 years and has matched over 3,000 couples.

The Cliffs of Moher gets all the attention but the Cliffs of Kilkee are just as spectacular!

Cork

The shakey bridge in Cork is not that shakey!

Midleton is the home of Midleton Distillery which produces all the Jameson Whiskey for the world!

Cork reckon they have the best chippers!

Dublin

Everyone knows the beach scene in Saving Private Ryan was shot on Curracloe Beach. But did you know the Italian Job was filmed in Kilmainham Gaol?

Galway

Ed Sheeran began his career busking on Shop Street!

The Claddagh ring a symbol of Love, Loyalty and Family was designed in the 17th century in The Claddagh, Galway.

Galway has the largest Irish Speaking community in Ireland

McDonagh’s has the Best Fish & Chips in Ireland

Kerry

The Puck Fair is the only festival in the world where a wild mountain goat is crowned king!

One of the best beaches in Kerry is Inch, an oxymoron if ever there was one, it is over 3 miles long!

Kerry is simply the most scenic county in Ireland (according to Kerry people)

Kildare

Kildare's pub scene has been sinking since 1800's but this didn't stop the US Ryder cup team popping in for a visit!

Kilkenny

Kytlers Inn is home to a witch named Alice and is renowned for serving the best Vol au Vents!

The architect who built the White House in Washington - James Hoban, was raised on the Earl of Desart’s estate in Cuffesgrange, in Kilkenny

The hole in the wall pub got its name because soldiers use to sneak in from the castle through the ‘hole in the wall’

Inistioge is the most authentic postcard scenic village in Ireland and only a short hop from Kilkenny City (yes, it's a city!!)

Laois

There is a hidden lake on top of the Slieve Bloom mountains that even some locals can't find!

Laois also has an outdoor swimming pool (yes you read that correctly)

Leitrim

Fewer people live in the county of Leitrim than are resident in many Dublin suburbs. Tallaght has around 80,000 whereas there is only 32,000 in the county of Leitrim