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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 Jared and Anna
August 5th 2006

Corker

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Jared and Danny had a game of cricket down in Cork on the Saturday and as it was a long weekend we decided to make the most of it and head down there for three days. We set off from Dublin about 7am anticipating a long, slow ride with the rest of dublin also deciding to get out of the city for the weekend (just like Auckland on a public holiday). We managed to have a pretty easy journey apart from passing a car crash and arrived with plenty of time to spare. Saturday was a beautiful day weather wise, unfortunately [View Full Entry]

By Zpet
June 3rd 2006

Cork/Blarney

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ChatoStone
Chato kissing the Blarney Stone, Blarney Castle, Ireland.

Cork: Sheilas Hostel was OK... sort of run of the mill, although very clean and well appointed. After checking in and buying a parking disc for the car (1.80 Euros for 2 hours, and you're supposed buy a new one every 2 hours which sort of limits where you can go! I just bought 2 and scratched off 2 different time periods on them.) we walked down to the bus station and bought tickets on Bus Eiarran to Blarney. You can take a 3 hour tour but that is restrictive and cost a bit more than the 5.10 Euros round trip [View Full Entry]

By Paddy Continental
May 27th 2006

The City of Culture... Oh yeah!

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Cahirmee Horse Fair 2006
Steph obviously likes a good head!

After returning from South East Asis with servere injuries and spending a bit of time in hospital (thanks to the people who visited me) with many day trips in and out of the Mercy, I decided to experience the real culture of this city. Is it the same as Bangkok? Gods sake!!! [View Full Entry]

By JustJocelyne
May 9th 2006

Ahh Blarney

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Well alots hapened since we arrived it seems...ireland is beautiful rainy but so beautiful!! Our first night in Cork we went to a pub called Sine (an actual irish pub) and there were people were playing there guitars , fiddling and singing in the corner and everyone was getting in to it....people were singin along and clapping ..it was awesome..we got a beer and then we were sitting around and we met these guys from Liverpool they were so funny there was 15 of them and they invited us to go around with them so we did it was so much [View Full Entry]

By JustJocelyne
May 7th 2006

WE MADEIT!

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Hey everyone So hereme and Kaili are sitting at a computer at the Kilarney House in Cork Irealnd....we had a good flight from Ottawa to London not at all scary like people say it is we arrived at just before 7 am inLondon and were exhausted....so yes of course we had a little nap at the Gatwick airport! Then we caught our second flight at 3 pm to Cork Ireland and here we are! The flight was amazing I could take so many pictures of just the sky it really was beauiful....its what heaven must be like! I don't what people [View Full Entry]

By jordan_nyu
April 26th 2006

Spring Break, Part I

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The grounds at Blarney Castle--gorgeous!

After a fun yet exhausting two weeks traveling throughout Europe, I got back to the U.K. late Sunday night. We departed for Cork on Thursday, April 6, and thus began our European expedition. I was so excited when we finally landed in Cork. The air smelt of Irish countryside, which had an odd aroma of cow manure, but I loved it. Being Celtic Club Secretary '04, I felt as if I had finally made it to the homeland, and I was immediately enchanted. The next day we went to Blarney to see the castle and kiss the Blarney Stone. The gardens [View Full Entry]

By keebs
April 24th 2006

New Stamp!

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Kim and Matt
Buddy Matt in Edinburgh

I got a new stamp in my passport today! I was looking at my friend Brad's passport and he's got tonnnnnes of stamps and visas from all over the world in his. I'm so jealous. I'm just going to Europe this year, so I'll get at most 3 stamps. Oh well, it's better than none. Anyways, I'm in Ireland! I already like it a lot. Brad and I hopped off the bus (after 15 hours) and wandered into the Garda (Police Station). We said we were trying to find the tourist information centre and they didn't feel like giving us directions [View Full Entry]

By Melly
March 16th 2006

Officially here and on the move

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Paris and the Lourve
This is just to prove that we were there...but there will be better more inspired pictures later in the trip.

Hello to whomever may get this... I just wanted to send a quick update and let you know where I am at. We just arrived in Cork, Ireland to learn how the Irish celebrate St. Patty's Day. I am sure it should be quite interesting. It was an interesting trip here, we realized last night ~6pm that we hadn't looked into getting to the airport this morning at 5:15am and then found out that the tube station doesn't run that early. Well it was an evening of moving back and forth and realizing that we were too late to find the [View Full Entry]

Barcelona...or barthelona if you´re from around these parts

By keep walking
March 9th 2006

An Early Start....My Eyes are sore :(

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Cork
Welcome to the city of Cork!

Beep...Beep...BEEP 4am and my phone alarm is buzzing away like its cool to be waking up at 4am on a Thursday morning. Not only is it early, but its freezing. When I open the curtains the windows are covered in frost and its still pitch black outside. A burst of excitement rushes through me as I know I'm up this early for a reason... I'm off to IRELAND! I stand like a withering feotus in the shower waiting for the water to warm up but when it does I get showered and prepped for a backpacking trip around Ireland. Speeding through [View Full Entry]

By JudeWhitfield
January 27th 2006

Top o' the mornin to ya

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Blarney
This place was just so gorgeous.

Ireland is green with lots of sheep and potatoes. Very quiet as we went in the low season. Very pretty. Jon did a great job driving us around. Here are some photos. [View Full Entry]

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