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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 saintjohnnymexico
September 23rd 2008

speed racer

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Don't Be Mad at Me Brelly
Shelly in the morning.

Part 76, “80s Love Songs Across Ireland” It’s still raining. It’s also September and I’m wearing long johns under my pants during the daytime. I’m a tropical person; I like sunshine, bananas and girls in daisy dukes. Everyone here is dressed like they’re part of the Nazi army about go invade Russia in middle of December, but in a stylish and sexy way. Our venture to Galway had us stop at the Blarney Castle so we could kiss the Blarney stone. Castles aren’t as spacious as one might think. They’re cold tiny and I’m sure t [View Full Entry]

By arsku
September 22nd 2008

Etelärannikon kaupunki

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Corkin katunäkymää

Limerickissä tankkasimme auton ja ostimme matkustajille olutta juotavaksi. Ajoin sitten suoraa kyytiä Corkin keskustan pysäköintitaloon, joka oli kauppakeskuksen yhteydessä. Kävimme lounaalla ensimmäisessä ravintolassa, joka tuli vastaan kun astuimme ulos. Lähdimme kävelemään ja sattumalta vastaan tuli turisti-informaatio. Otettiin sieltä karttoja ja tietoja majoituspaikoista. Tälle illalle ei ollut poikkeuksellisesti varattu mitään majoitusta. Muut olisivat halunneet mennä yöksi meren rantaan, mutta minä halusin jäädä kaupunkiin. Kokemuksesta olin huomannut että muut olivat illalla väsähtä [View Full Entry]

By bluenazar
September 18th 2008

The luck of the Irish

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Cork City
Old part of the city on the north side, Shandon bells on the left, North Cathedral on the right and the Heineken Brewery in the middle.

Life can sometimes be difficult for a traveller, im not talking about going on holidays or taking a year off from college to get trashed in as many bars as possible. Im talking about people who sell everything, leave home and embark on a life journey with just the solely the possesions on your back to see and experience the beauty of the world to the point that it can ultimately change the person deep down at the very core of ones being. Its hard to believe I arrived in Ireland just over a year ago, a country I have [View Full Entry]

By JackieO
September 17th 2008

Time to Say Goodbye!

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Well it's nearing the dreaded moment when we have to say goodbye to friends and family again, but for the first time, I don't feel sad about where I'm going to. I have really enjoyed my stay here, but am looking forward to getting back to India and the good weather again. However it makes it so much easier knowing that I will be back again in the middle of December, so we won't be away for too long. I will meet Mikes mom in the UK and she will travel back with me on the flight from London to Bangalore, [View Full Entry]

By JackieO
August 26th 2008

Family, Friends and Fun

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Well we are back, and enjoying being with family and friends again, and also loving the freedom of being able to head out on our own without organising anybody or anything. Even though it is great to have a driver, cook and cleaner in India, it also requires a lot of explaining, organising and time management, so it's just been nice to just do whatever we want whenever we want. We went to the beach yesterday and we had so much space to ourselves, running up and down the beach and jumping in the admittedly, cold water, but there is so [View Full Entry]

By TerriandTim
August 10th 2008

The Gift of Gab

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After an awesome (but very quick) visit to Scotland we've met up with the Dairs and are traveling around Ireland. So far, we've managed to: - drink Guiness in Dublin - climb the Cliffs of Moher - look at clouds and rain in the Ring of Kerry - kiss the Blarney Stone - eat our weight in Irish Breakfast We're having a great time - hard to believe there are only three days until we'll be home! We are heading towards Waterford today then back to Dublin for tomorrow evening. [View Full Entry]

By Putty
July 20th 2008

And a jolly old bloke he is!

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Wowzers, it has been awhile since I've updated ya'll on my adventures! I found my checkcard once I made it to Cologne where I had the time of my life. My host David was highly busy with making artists famous (he owns his own record producing company), but still found time to show me around the town. I had some troubles adjusting to their public transportation, but it all worked out in the end. I met up with some Canadians i met in Berlin and tried some jellied pigs head at one of the 5 breweries we hit up my last [View Full Entry]

By Team Little Kiss
July 16th 2008

Inspired to B&B?

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Hello again, we are just getting ready to leave our hostel in Cork. Chelsea and I have been talking about how much fun it would be to open a Bed and Breakfast someday in Seattle. We really enjoy the B&B experience, and think it would be fun from the other side too. Besides, I like to cook breakfast and Chelsea is a compulsive cleaner! We were thinking of combining the B&B idea with another of our ideas...to retire (in 30-40 years) to a little houseboat on [url=http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=lake+union,&near=Seattle,+WA,+ [View Full Entry]

By starcar44
July 16th 2008

Good Irish Times

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Me at the Giant's Causeway
I like black and white. We did a northcoast tour and amazingly our last day in Northern Ireland was GORGEOUS!

Hi Everyone, So I've been a bit bad with posting, but I have a good excuse, which is that I've been too busy having an awesome time! I think my last post was from Glasgow, so to bring you all up to date, I've since been to Edinburgh, Belfast, and Rathdrum, and now we're in Cork. Everything's been really great so far. There are five of us - Laura, Heather, Nina, Sophie, and myself - and this is the third leg of our Tour de Ireland. We took a bus on Sunday from Belfast to Dublin, then connected with a bus [View Full Entry]

By Jay and Alex
July 15th 2008

What a ride!

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Wow, what a trip we have been on the last few days! We managed to hitch rides out of Limerick (we caught a bus to Limerick from Dublin) on the 12th I think. We made it to the town of Dingle, which is super cute. But one of the fellows who drove us part of the way was a tour guide in the Dingle penisula. He told us we should go to the Blasket Islands off the town of Dunquin. So the next day we hitched there because the busses wern't running. We caught a water taxi accross with the intention [View Full Entry]

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