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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 this charming man
July 13th 2008

home in glanmire

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Heading off travelling in September - arriving in Delhi around the 14th of September we're going travelling around India for 2 months then we're heading to Thailand for Christmas. We're then going to visiting Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Austrailia beckons in Feburary or March and we're going doing the whole working visa thing cant wait now only another two months of work and study [View Full Entry]

By JamesandLauren
June 26th 2008

Cork

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Our garden
This is us in our back garden overlooking the city.

We are now living in Cork city. We found a really nice apartment that overlooks the city and the river valley. Most of our time has been spent looking for jobs and trying to get our place set up. Unfortunately there is a recession going on and there aren't many jobs but we are hoping we can tough it out. Our place is in an area called Sunday's Well. There is an old prison down the road from us as well as a huge church. We also have a pub right across the road from us, we will go there to [View Full Entry]

By threepipeproblem
June 25th 2008

Yay for free Internet

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It seems the wind in Connemara & the Cliffs of Moher was too much, as I now have a major case of nose-leak and hurt-throat. I've been barely audible for a couple of days (you should (not) try out ordering food without any voice, it's kinda interesting), but I know my throat is getting better - now it only hurts when I cough or get out of breath. XD Yesterday I coughed up this incredible, sticky yellow slime that would not break. It was really some kind of alien-slime, I believe, that somehow landed in my throat from outer space. (Whaddaya [View Full Entry]

By KELLY FINN
June 4th 2008

Cork

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Hello ALL!!! Well tonight is my last night in Cork. Yesterday we traveled to St. Charles Fort in Kinsale. It was pretty interesting to see how they had built the fort to protect the town. We had too much time in the town, which didn't really have a lot to do. A couple of us, found a park and took a nap. I even got a little color, it was nice to just relax and get some sun. Cork has been fun, but the city isn't a little dirty. There is a nice shopping area, it is about a 20 minute [View Full Entry]

By KELLY FINN
June 2nd 2008

Update, Hello from Ireland :)

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Burren
Me at the Burren. It was really weird while we were there. When we arrived we were able to see the water that is behind me however when we left fog had settled in and you couldn't see anything. It ... [more]

Hello All!! Just thought I would send a little Hello to you all. Everything is going great, I am having such a wonderful time here in Ireland. We just arrived in Cork, we will be here for the next three days. Last Friday we went to the Inishmore islands. It was about a hour bus ride to the ferry which was then about 45 minutes. It was a pretty long journey just to arrive on the Island. Once we got to the Island the 6 girls that I have been hanging out with and I went to eat. We ate at [View Full Entry]

By Cessna152
May 26th 2008

Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City

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Street Scene, Central Cork

Cork, Ireland Ireland’s Second City “Sweet bloody Jesus! And Christ almighty!” came the voice of man behind us. These were the first words Angela and I heard upon our arrival at Cork International Airport. What caused the man to utter these words we did not know, but it cheered us nonetheless. We had arrived in Ireland and it sounded good. Cork was founded in the sixth century by the wonderfully named Saint Finbarr. He founded a monastery, around which settlements soon grew. As time passed, the Vikings came and destroyed parts of the city, but it was soon rebuilt. Ho [View Full Entry]

By Runaways
May 3rd 2008

Pugin in Ireland

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Here are a few pictures of another church designed by Pugin, Ss. Peter and Paul in Cork. The Blessed Sacrament was exposed for adoration, so I was somewhat limited in what pictures I could take. I had intended to hear the traditional Latin Mass here at 10 a.m., but my €2 alarm clock failed to wake me in time. Oh well, at least I got a good, solid nine or ten hours of sleep. I inadvertently deleted the pictures I took there this morning (I'm not used to moving files on Windows Vista), so I went back this afternoon for a [View Full Entry]

By Runaways
May 3rd 2008

Story Time

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And it seems a video of story time at the library has appeared on YouTube, thanks to Brian Denton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FMKWhMv3Zk&eurl=http://adominant7th.blogspot.com/ Watch out for the claws! [View Full Entry]

By Runaways
May 2nd 2008

Cork, Cobh, and Countryside

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Lovely Day in Birmingham before Leaving

We made it to Cork in one piece! As it turns out, I had to drive from Dublin to Cork (3+ hours), which wasn't exactly what I had bargained for, but all is well! The actual competition is tomorrow night; our twelve minutes on stage will be what we've been preparing for all semester. Our performances yesterday and today went very well. Here are a few pictures. Also, check out Ashley and Chris's blogs at http://socontinental.blogspot.com/ and http://www.chrisjosof.com/Light/Blog/Entries/2008/4/30_Much_needed_rest.html Patrick [View Full Entry]

By MayaKB
April 27th 2008

Cork, Ireland

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I'm in Cork now, flew over from Cardiff eight days ago, which means I'm on day 5 of 7 here. So far I have learnt and forgotten some Gaelic (aka Irish). The government people in Ireland are trying to reintroduce it as a widely spoken language (as if that's going to work) so they've put the Irish translations onto road signs etc, and in some places everything's in Irish (which is very confusing when you're looking for the toilets but walk straight into the staff office!). Anyway, I can't think of anything else to write, except Iva, if you're reading this, [View Full Entry]

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