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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 frugal travler
October 31st 2008

Ireland

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Hi all, just wanted to let you know that when I arrived in Ireland I was not prepared for a few items, such as no wash clothes, your room key has a slot but the door which turns on the electric. If you are planning a trip over the pond hope this helps, Any other question please feel free to ask. Jaye [View Full Entry]

By Lmchamberlain
October 31st 2008

Trip to the Emerald Isle

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In Front of Some Old Ship
Can you see the crazy men in the scaffolding?

This entry is over a month too late, but I'm putting it in anyway. For fall break my friends and I traveled to Dublin and London for a week. This mid-semester break came at a perfect time because we were all pretty tired of Oslo and anything to do with Norway. We flew on Ryan-Air (the megabus for the skies) and arrived at our hostel that was right along the river near the temple bar neighborhood. The weather was surprisingly nice while we were there. On our first full day we went to the Guinness factory tour, which was really cool [View Full Entry]

By Abby Road
October 30th 2008

Ditching London for Dublin

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This is going to be a quick entry because I am sitting in an internet cafe with some really stinky people. My best friend Lauren came to London on Monday to visit (I can share stories about the past few days with her later) and we left this morning for Dublin. Our hostel is called ''Abbey Court'' - how appropriate. It's in a great location! We are sharing a room with 8 other people...I'll let you know how that goes. We haven't done much so far. We ate a very expensive lunch that we thought we deserved mainly because we were [View Full Entry]

By kates travels
October 30th 2008

i cant read gaelic. its just impossible. true fact.

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this last week i spent in scotland with the fam hanging out with aunties and uncles that i haven't seen for almost 12 years i spent a day in Edinburgh with uncle derek and eaddie which was humorous as according to him i knew how to get to the shuttle bus better than he and i had been to edinburgh once....he lives there obviously so we get on the shuttle bus and eaddie mentions to derek that the bus driver is polish which is apparently the worst thing u can be in scotland as according to the locals they come over [View Full Entry]

By Errant Boomerang
October 30th 2008

Cold is relative

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dún Laoghaire

Come on in...it's not that cold

I had been walking along the coast in Dun Laoghaire for a couple of hours and was freezing. The temperature was in the upper 30’s and the wind was whipping around at a constant 20 mph. I was beginning to understand how such an environment could give a weathered look to buildings and humans. On top of that, my hobo-looking attire was inadequate for these types of conditions. I had only packed for an Indian climate, not a late October Irish one. My long sleeve t-shirt, 10 euro sweater (which I wore out of the store when I bought it), light [View Full Entry]

By Lu sa
October 27th 2008

Halloween

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Derry als Vampir

Am Freitag war bei den Kindern der letzte Schultag vor den Ferien (midterm). Da durften die sich dann alle schön verkleiden :-) die Jungs waren Vampire (hab ich höchstpersönlich so gruselig geschminkt)! Lia ging als Handy...ja, wirklich als Handy...sah kein Stück gruselig aus, aber war schon ganz lustig. [View Full Entry]

By Lu sa
October 27th 2008

Howth

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Robbe

Heute war ich mit Mira in Howth. Das ist nördlich von Dublin und direkt an der Spitze der Bucht, dass man auch einen wunderschönen Ausblick hat! Haben dann sooo süße Robben gesehen! Außerdem haben wir den Berg bestiegen (mit etlichen Umwegen)! Die Aussicht hat sich dann aber echt gelohnt! Zum Abschluss haben wir uns noch zusammen Fish and Chips gegönnt, die hier auch echt richtig lecker waren. Dort gabs ja auch überall frischen Fisch. War echt ein schöner Tag, aber anstrengend. Heute mach ich dann nicht mehr viel, außer mir noch nen Film angucken oder so. [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 26th 2008

Ugh.

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Today isn't the greatest day. I'm sure it's a combination of the tour ending (separation anxiety), falling sick (AGAIN), and a little bit of money anxiety. I'm fairly furious that I'm sick for the second time this trip, I'm usually able to only be sick once a YEAR. The good thing is that I'm here among friends at the hostel, because today's one of those rare days that I don't want to be alone. I'll catch the rest of the tour up when I'm back in Scotland and have time/resources. I'm going to bed. [View Full Entry]

By nirkeen
October 25th 2008

Dublin at last

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The Bloody Stream
Not what I was counting on the next day.

Forecast- Rain with outbreaks of heavy drizzle followed by long periods of low cloud, poor visibility and downpours Outlook: wet ha! Welcome to Ireland. We have arrived. Not hard to get up and out of the Heathrow Hilton, Terminal 4, this morning. A beautiful modern hotel but the rooms and everything in them - a bit small. Very narrow twin beds on WHEELS with thin white covers, like a gurney (adds a nice nightmare feature to the jet lagged). Aer Lingus flight was ez even with gusty winds. Hassled a bit at Immigration but Customs for both countries was non-existent. Our [View Full Entry]

By Al
October 24th 2008

Goodbye my pretties I am off to a better place!

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My life for a year!
My whole property for a year!

Well lads and lassies.... Just want to start by saying thank you all so much for your generosity, gifts, kind words and company over the last few weeks. It's time for me to begin my big adventure with Colin, Fiona and James. I've decided to set this up, and blog every once in a while about my travels. I hope you enjoy and do leave comments! For the time being I shall leave you all with my favourite quote.... "One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with [View Full Entry]

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