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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 ImaginaryGill
April 15th 2008

Pictures

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I've put up pictures on my picture site. I've set up folders for them, so peek through the folders to the left. dropshots.com/imaginarygill Go look! PS... the site went funny on me and scooted everything to the left. So, some of my captions or the pictures might be missing letters because I ws blind typing. There's also a caption of a scenery pic saying "Cows!"... that's not supposed to be there lol But the site won't let me edit it right now, so it's going to have to stay that way for now. [View Full Entry]

By ImaginaryGill
April 13th 2008

The boys

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I've just arrived in Cork about an hour ago... a day sooner than I planned. Let's start with Dublin first. After I arrived to the city center, I found an internet and baggage storage place. From there, I met up with a girl from California and wandered around for a while, took pictures, and had to chicken curry before I hopped on a train to Tralee. The train to Tralee stopped early and we all had to hop on busses (provided for us) the rest of the way... something about a strike. At Tralee, I shared a room with 3 Irish [View Full Entry]

By NikiLecander
April 10th 2008

FOTA Wildlife Park

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Giraffe and an ostriche fighting

While we were in Cork, Ireland, we took a daytrip to a wildlife park that we had read about randomly in an atlas. My friend Kate and I thought it looked like a really cool place, the other girls weren't interested but they dropped us off on their way to a different tourist destination. The park was amazing! The moment we entered we could see giraffes and they had a huge field and even though there were fences, it was nothing like the zoo. Everything was much more open! FOTA has a lot of endangered species and a lot of them [View Full Entry]

By KRC
March 21st 2008

Ireland - Kilkenny to Cork

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Ireland - Kilkenny to Cork Monday 17th March We awoke to another cold morning, but no rain. The sun was shining although it was still bitterly cold outside so we rugged up. Breakfast at Rosquil House was great - these Irish B&B’s certainly know how to do things. The lady who runs it is a doll, she’s great. Our train to Cork wasn’t until 2:00pm so we just wandered around town and checked out the sights, and watched them setup for the St Patricks Day Parade which was taking place at 3:30. We were sad to miss to it, but the [View Full Entry]

By Rosemary16
February 10th 2008

Blarney and Cork

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Blarney Castle

Last weekend I visited Cork in the south of Ireland with a few friends. Cork City is much smaller than Dublin but it has a great hometown feel. It really reminds me of Pittsburgh. Friday night we took the opportunity to get to know the city by going on a great pub crawl/tour. On Saturday we went to Blarney Castle outside of the city. The castle was amazing and because its not tourist season we had the chance to climb and explore the castle and grounds. Even though its winter here, the countryside is still a beautiful shade of deep green. [View Full Entry]

By JuliasAdventures
October 26th 2007

Ohh the excitement!!!

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5 weeks to go, 39 dayz until take off!!! But sure who’s counting. Up the walls with getting everything ready for my next adventure but looking forward to the trip in full anticipation. So this is it - after 11 years abroad I'm off yet again further a field then ever before! So I hope I'll get to see some of you on my travels. To all my friends and family that I'm leaving behind this is the place to get updates and signs of life! Enjoy! Julia [View Full Entry]

By Nia
October 13th 2007

T + 55 days

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Go see this movie

So, tomorrow marks the eighth week of my stay. Not really much to say about that. I've just ended the third week of classes and I am really excited about them. Sean nos is lovely. I am finding it hard to keep vibrato and such out of my voice though. I can thank Les Hale for his teaching methods, as with just a small bit of modification I use that voice for sean nos. Very direct, and it carries well. My tin whistle (or penny whistle for you Americans) prof is an absolute delight to watch play. Her fingers are so [View Full Entry]

By ToniD
September 22nd 2007

County Cork, Ireland: Bunratty, Kinsale, Middleton and Cobh: RCCL Jewel of the Seas - Northern Europe Cruise

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Sunrise over Cobh Harbor

We woke up to a beautiful sunrise this morning as the ship glided into Cobh harbor. The town looked pretty in the morning light and we laughed as we passed a bunch of young guys up on the hill, swaying arm in arm, singing at the top of their lungs, trying to get the attention of the ship’s passengers. We enjoyed our breakfast on the verandah in the cool, fresh air. It was shaping up to be a lovely day. We disembarked and quickly found our private driver guide for the day, Kevin, from Butler’s Buses. After greetings all around, we [View Full Entry]

By Nia
September 20th 2007

Hanging in there

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Today was the final day of my early start music course. *sigh* I am not at all happy for it to be over. This means that the actual semester will start, and I'll have to go to real classes. That said, I think I took more notes in these four weeks than I have taken in any other course. I learned so much about music in general, 'Irish' music in particular, and innumerable bits of very specific information. What is Irish music? so our prof asked today in class...and I thought I'd write a little about it. First of all, there [View Full Entry]

By Nia
August 26th 2007

Hmph

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Secret Garden
As I walked past this entrance, a stream of cool scented air wooshed by me and I felt wrapped up in a fairy tale.

Been wandering around now for upwards of two hours trying to find the bay. A bay. Any body of water larger than a river. The utter lack of streetsigns once one leaves the city proper is making this rather difficult. After a time I had only the general cardinal directions to help me - and once I found myself in suburbia, they were no help at all. I've plopped down in the 'Douglas Community Park' to enjoy the shade before I try to find my way back to the part of the city I know. Next time I try this, I [View Full Entry]

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