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Irish town with sculpture maybe mounted over shelter (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tralee

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'irish town' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'sculpture maybe mounted over shelter' is the wordplay.
'sculpture maybe' becomes 'art' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mounted' says the letters should be written backwards.
'over' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'shelter' becomes 'lee' (as in lee side, the side sheltered from wind).
'art' in reverse letter order is 'tra'.
'tra'+'lee'='TRALEE'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tralee that I've seen before include "Kerry town of Roses" , "'The Rose of ------': song/film title featuring a town in County Kerry, Ireland" .)

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