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Background: Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than seven centuries of Anglo-Irish struggle marked by fierce rebellions and harsh repressions. A failed 1916 Easter Monday Rebellion touched off several years of guerrilla warfare that in 1921 resulted in independence from the UK for 26 southern counties; six northern (Ulster) counties remained part of the United Kingdom. In 1948 Ireland withdrew from the British Commonwealth; it joined the European Community in 1973. Irish governments have sought the peaceful unification of Ireland and have cooperated with Britain against terrorist groups. A peace settlement for Northern Ireland, known as the Good Friday Agreement and approved in 1998, is being implemented with some difficulties.

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By audreyohs07
November 5th 2008

Random

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Chemistry lab this morning from 9-11. Another titration, but was right on! Anatomy lecture and talked to Sharon afterwards who still gave us no help. Cleaned up my room, ate some lunch. Went to practical from 2-3. Walked into town with Kaley, went to Garda alone. Met with guy who told us we were fine but was annoyed no one had shown up to the appointment. Walked to Aldi for fruit. Love walking through Carlow town and watched the people and listened to accents. Got back to apartments around 5pm. Studied and then decided to find ways not to study. Missed [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
October 16th 2008

Oatmeal Party!

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Today the only class I had was Chemistry, but I had it for a total of 5 hours! Lecture from 9AM to 11 and then lab ended up being from 1pm to almost 4. We were supposed to have it around 3, but since we don’t have classes on Friday our teacher moved up the time so the students could leave for home earlier. We’ve noticed that every Irish student goes home for the weekend, even if they are over a 4 hour bus ride away! During my break I ran around our neighborhood for about a half an hour and [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
October 15th 2008

Typical Tuesday in Carlow

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This morning I woke up earlier for Chemistry lab, but when I reached the room I was informed that it had been switched with Physiology lab so I didn’t have to go until tomorrow 3-5! I came back and studied a little before our 11 o’clock Anatomy lecture, which doesn’t actually start until 11:15 because of an “unofficial” coffee break. That was probably the best idea Carlow IT has ever made! Also before class I talked to Chris for a while, mostly about how amazing the weather has been in Australia (not fair!), and then the overseer of our apartments finally [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
October 14th 2008

Back in Carlow

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When I got up this morning I felt like I hadn’t slept at all! I got up around 8 to talk to Chris, but as soon as we got done talking I went back to bed until noon. I then took a shower, made some brunch, and got ready for anatomy practical at 2, still feeling incredibly out of it. In class we learned pretty much every muscle that attaches to the scapula and where it inserts, its origin, nerve supply, and action! That was way too much information for one class. After practical I got a 2 hour break before [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
October 6th 2008

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Planned for hostels in Italy early this morning! Finally found 1 for all 4 places we're going (Venice was hardest to find because it was difficult finding a cheap hostel in a good location) Afterwards went to bed around 2 am. Woke up around 8:20 and wanted to sleep longer but missed Chris too much. Got on to email him and he was online! We talked till physio lab at 9 which ended up being only 45 minutes so I was able to go back and shower, eat, and answer emails. [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
September 13th 2008

Eire!

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Another trip to the country [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
September 12th 2008

Day Trip

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This morning our Irish Experience teacher picked us up around 11:30am to give us a mini tour of Carlow and the surrounding areas. She first took us to the Browneshill Dolmen. It is believed to have been built between 4000 and 3000 BC by some of Ireland's earliest farmers. The capstone is argued to be the heaviest in Europe, around 100 metric tons. We then traveled about 15 min outside of Carlow to Duckett's Grove. Its a gorgeous Castellated Gothic revival style house that was built in the 1830s on an estate originally of 5000 acres. The entrance of the estate [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
September 9th 2008

Another Irish Day

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swans on the Barrow river

Today was a free day so we decided to go explore some of the shops and visit another grocery store. Later in the afternoon Kaley and I went on another walk and found some Irish cows! They seemed a lot fuzzier than the cows in America. [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
September 8th 2008

Dancing with the Irish

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the Irish dancers!

This morning we went to Carlow College to get our schedules and a little introduction to the college. I'm going to be taking Sociology, Irish Experience, and Irish Social Dancing here but we don't start till the 22nd of September. Afterwards we got a tour of the college. They have a student lounge and a gorgeous library! It used to be the schools church that they just recently converted into the library. After our lunch break we went to Carlow IT for another orientation session there. I'm taking Anatomy and Physiology and Chemistry. We were told that we may be starting [View Full Entry]

By audreyohs07
September 7th 2008

Country Adventure

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in Dinn Ri

This morning I woke up with the intentions of running out into the country and found the road too narrow for me to run on. As soon as you leave the urban area the sidewalk ends and there are no shoulders and thick grass that makes it impossible to walk on. Around 2 we walked to a large bar called Dinn Ri where we watched a Hurling game, Waterford vs Kilkenny. I've never seen that sport before and it was probably the most intense sport I have ever seen! They never stop running and it seemed like the goal was to [View Full Entry]

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