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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 trex
November 13th 2008

4 Days and 3 Nights Around Ireland

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I love Autumn!

So with Cheryl here and all, we decided we would do the fastest tour of Ireland ever. To any travelers thinking of seeing as much as Ireland as possible in a short amount of time, this would be the way to go. Day 1: We started out the morning in Galway, exploring a bit of town and being extremely frustrated that our favorite bagel and coffee shop was not open (Cher became instantly obsessed with the 2nd best Chai Lattes in the world). Our first stop was the Blarney Castle, so with all three of us piled into our beast of [View Full Entry]

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By lornamick
September 12th 2008

Border Hens farewell weekend

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All the hens

The beginning of the farewell drinkies.......and no better place than the gorgeous setting of Gweedore!! [View Full Entry]

By The Baron
August 6th 2008

Tuesday, August 5

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Donegal Town
The area known as "The Diamond" in the town center

We experienced a very typical wet Irish day today. It was raining from the time we stepped out of the cottage in the morning until the time we returned (past midnight). A lot of that was nothing more than a mist, but it was just a very wet day. But when you're in a place that gets as much rain as Ireland, there's no way you can let that deter you from seeing what you want to see. We set this day aside as our time to see some of County Donegal (the northernmost county in the Republic Of Ireland). Donegal [View Full Entry]

By Guion Goes To Ireland
August 3rd 2008

Is deacair an abairt seo a thuiscint

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The Glen
Glencolumcille

(This sentence is difficult to understand.) Failte to Donegal, folks! I don't have much time today, so I'll make this quick, especially since I'll be able to tell any of this to you in person in a few days. But basically... I left Tubbercurry for West Donegal, the Northwesternmost county of the Republic of Ireland. The village of Glencolumcille, a three pub/one shop/one restaurant coastal village, is home to a premiere Irish language college called Oideas Gael, which attempts to resurrect the dying language of Irish Gaelic. Glencolumcille is located in a sort of isolated gaelthact region [View Full Entry]

By Finn magill
July 23rd 2008

Uma historinha

Europe » Ireland » County Donegal » Letterkenny

Oi Amigos, Desculpe a demora pela tradução. Só estou aqui na Irlanda à uma semana, e já conheci muitos dos pessoas que estão números interessados. Eu fui numa escola onde oferecem aulas de música tradicional irlandesa, mas a escola é só um pseudônimo para uma festa gigantesca onde todos os músicos populares daqui tocam nos bares até eles fecharem. Eu fui lá 4 vezes e toquei, toquei, toquei... Foi super divertido, e a melhor parte disso tudo é a minha pesquisa. Sim, de novo estou fazendo um projeto sobre a única coisa que eu adoro (além da minha família e de [View Full Entry]

By Finn magill
July 23rd 2008

Donegal Rocks

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The subject heading says it all. I embarked on a Donegalese adventure on monday morning after a great weekend in Sligo. Sunday was kind of an archaelogical tour of County Sligo as I traveled around and saw all the touristy sites that is on every Irish tour company itinerary. We saw a waterfall, the tomb of W.B. Yeats, the tomb of Turlough O'Carolan the legendary 18th century blind harpist from County Meath. The coolest thing we saw was this site filled with 5000 year old (now this is pre-Celtic) stone rings which is believed to be ancient burial sites. The massive [View Full Entry]

By Mark Jag
June 25th 2008

The last blog...

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A view of Donegal Bay

Here we are in Donegal, Ireland, ancestral home of James Greer... We took the ferry from Holyhead, Wales to Dublin on Friday and spent the night in a very nice hotel. Saturday we took a bus tour down to Cork and Blarney Castle. Seeing the castle and kissing the Blarney Stone (I did; Dad declined) were pretty cool, but the tour itself... not so much. We decided no more tours for us; we're doing the rest of the sightseeing on our own. Sunday we chilled out for a while, planned the rest of the trip, and went to see Indiana Jones, [View Full Entry]

By Mark Jag
June 25th 2008

one last time

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Wow, what a trip. the good thing is, it doesn't feel old or tired yet. the scenery is so nice in the north west of ireland I kinda wish we'd come here a couple days ago, so to spend more time Justin's burger was indeed quite large.... He wrote that he wasn't allowed to get near the edge of the cliffs of moher.... hmmmm...... I suppose what he means is, he only was able to get six inches away, and lean over the edge and look down, and was not able to hang from the edge like he wanted to... oh [View Full Entry]

By Brian Brook
April 24th 2008

Ireland

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Galway street market

Hey folks, thanks for your interest. I got to Ireland, Friday 4.18.08 and left Sunday 4.27.08 (yesterday), rented a car and basically went 3 different places: First Galway town in the west (including the rural Connemara area to the northwest of there), then heading eastward I happened to stop in a town called Bundoran, in County Donegal, where there was decent surf and nice folks. The last part of my trip was briefly passing through Belfast and Dublin. Initially I came to Ireland in hopes to see Bruce Molsky play - a favorite musician of mine (amazing at fiddle, banjo and [View Full Entry]

By Kacz
March 16th 2008

Bring me an Ulster Fry!

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Ulster Fry
mmmmmm......

With St. Patrick's day being tomorrow, doesn't Ireland seem like an appropriate place to write about this week? I spent 2 weeks visiting my friends in Northern Ireland back in 2001, and only spent a few days in the actual Republic of Ireland. In just a few short days, I did learn a few interesting tidbits of Irish culture. Irish cuisine overall is nothing to scream at, and yes, it is pretty bland and boring. Corned beef and cabbage, sausages, and crisps pretty much round out the Irish diet, and you won't find a Taco Bell on the entire island. However, [View Full Entry]

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