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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 Joost y Gill en Sudamerica
October 19th 2008

First blog

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Joost & Gill on the top
@ Wicklow Mts

Hiya, Autumn really kicked off now, so a great day to set up our blog in English & Dutch on which Gill & I (Joost) are gonna post our adventures in South America for the next 10 months. Everything pretty much organised and as December comes closer every day the excitement starts to grow more and more. Tickets, insurance & vaccinations are booked/taken, gear has been bought. Jobs, rent & other services have been notified of our departure. All that's left is a few 'good-bye-cu-next-year' parties and then we 're off to the start of our trip Buenos Aires - Argentina; [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 17th 2008

Anti-social Dublin

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I went to the Guinness Storehouse yesterday....it's the closest thing you can get to the actual brewery, considering they don't do tours of that. The storehouse is floors and floors of Guinness mecca. I think I spent almost 5 hours there!!! It takes you through the process of making the beer (step by painstaking step), advertising, history, and finally, consumption. The Gravity bar is the top floor, a 360 degree view of Dublin which was beautiful, as the sun was shining (finally!) It's like being in an ad, everyone is drinking perfect black and white Guinness pints and nothing else.... [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 17th 2008

The Party

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These ones were taken the day of the party, before the glorious sun came out and burned off the fog.

Sorry again for the onslaught of pics, but I need to get them off my camera and on here before I go on tour. A lot of them are self-explanatory..the party was amazing. [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 17th 2008

After the party

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Sadie watching us from above.

Sorry about the whirl-wind entries. I'll try to add more commentary from now on. I'm currently ensconced in an internet cafe just down the lane from my hostel. SO cheap, €1/hour....just to give you a relative, the hostel is charging that per 15 mins. AND I can upload pics here! The following are pictures from the gloriously sunny day that followed the party of the century in Kent, England. [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 17th 2008

IRELAND!!! part 1

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St. Stephen's Green, before I headed out to Wicklow.

....as you know, I'm still warming up to Dublin. But these are the pictures of the walk I went on in County Wicklow my first full day here. It redeemed the experience of Ireland so far. Truly beautiful. [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 17th 2008

GUINNESS!!!

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Ok so anyone who knows me would tell you my favourite pint: Guinness. Hands down, no competition. I shudder to think of how much I've spent on it over the years, but I've enjoyed every pint. I've been known to sit in a pub for 12 hours on St. Patrick's Day and consume at least one per hour (perhaps my finest hour). I've taken to collecting random Guinness items, hoarding t-shirts, rugby shirts and towels. I refuse to mix it with cider, baileys or ribena. I hate when it's too cold, and I cringe if I watched it poured incorrectly. So [View Full Entry]

By Albear
October 15th 2008

I can resist everything except temptation- Oscar Wilde

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VIKINGS!!!

As I'm running in my boots (that have heels) I see Grant slipping around the corner. I've decided that with Grant and I, getting to the airport is like a sport. We have all the necessary gear to get us a win, but we somehow always manage to be losing to the other team-- time. I'll fast forward and let you know that we ran about a mile to the bus stop a necessary mode of transport to get us to the airport and we made the flight on time. I was sweating and exhausted, but it was still a victory [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 15th 2008

Ireland.....so far

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Well, I'm in Ireland. Judith's birthday bash on Saturday was epic. I had an amazing time, and it was so good to see the whole family. I'll put pics up as soon as I get to a PC that allows it. Flew out Tuesday morning, into a grey and rainy Dublin airport. Manouvered my way to the hostel, and was astounded at how big it is. Floors and floors of people. I'm used to just wee places, very personable. I really do feel like a number here. Having said that, I have managed to meet a very cool Danish girl named [View Full Entry]

By renbyrnes
October 7th 2008

Mummies, Abbeys and Ancient Tombs...Ireland.

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Clonmacnoise

I'm finally able to write about my last two days in Ireland...Nearly two months after my trip. But I so want to finish sharing, if only to have it all recorded somewhere. Since I am covering so much time in this entry and since it will be my last one I'm going to try to make it as abbreviated as possible in certain areas. To start...On our last day with the tour we departed Galway at 8:30 in the morning and set off with Tommy for our cross-country trip. Our only stop of the day on the bus was at Clonmacnoise [View Full Entry]

By sazd
October 2nd 2008

Preparations begin...

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So i finally handed in my notice and teh whirlwind of perparations for Nov have begun... [View Full Entry]

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