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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 Nikki B
October 29th 2005

Leaving Dublin --Going to Scotland

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Irish Dancers

Tomorrow night it is time to say goodbye to IReland Entirely!.. our bus leaves at 4 am to go to our ryan air flight to Edinburgh Scotland. Our dilemma tonight would be that ryan air flights only allow 1 bag 30 lbs only (before leaving home we each were allowed 2 bags, 60 lb capacity so u could imagine how much luggage we already had, not too add everything we had bought in ireland already).. anything else would make us have to pay overage charges.. Well.. we didnt want that to happen so professor sands said that we had to shove [View Full Entry]

By Nikki B
October 28th 2005

Night out in Dublin

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absinthe and our vodka

Absinthe=trouble Vodka and red bull= trouble.. Ok so last night was unbeleiveable. UNBELIEVABLE!!! Ok so in our hostel we did shots of absinthe, which NOOO u do not hallucinate off of it. u just get extremely happy. And then Dvora and I decided to get a bottle of vodka and mix it with red bull. Everyone was sick and tired of waiting for us to get done finishing the bottle, so we had to take it with us. It was a crazy night in Dublin with Halloween coming upon us. Scooby Doo and a dude were out in the streets. The [View Full Entry]

By WildcatMike
October 27th 2005

ireland...with sun?

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one of the only days i have been in the sun in ireland, almost every other day when i was here in july it was raining. so not really gonna do much here, had a few more fun nights in barcelona and got to my flight here no prob. probably just gonna go out and enjoy a few more of the best guiness in the world and call it an early night have a flight to london at 9am. See ya soon. Mike [View Full Entry]

By Nikki B
October 27th 2005

Dublin!

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view from guiness gravity bar

We finally arrived in Dublin, we are staying on a very busy street and we are staying at the Kinlay House another hostel. it is not the cleanest place, but it will do... Jen, Bev, Me, Dvora, Zach, and jeff are sharing a room, there are 3 bunkbeds, and the shower is disgusting, but its doable. Today we decided to get around and look at the city. We did this hop on hop off type tour. It bring you all around dublin in a double decker, and at each stop you can get off, and just go back to the station [View Full Entry]

By gordo
October 26th 2005

The great Irish roadtrip!

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Tasty Guinness
Havin a wee pint of guinness in the factory in dublin.

Top of the mornin to ya! Guinness, fiddles & banjos. Guinness, accordions & pubs. Guinness, top scenery, narrow, bendy roads & heaps of Craic! This was Ireland for me n dad. DUBLIN: We flew into Dublin & stayed @ a shithouse hostel, so first thing the next day we hired a car and hit the road for a week. ENISCOTHY: A short drive to this little village, we where a bit buggered so we stayed at a b&b in a little pub, walked round the town not too much to see. CORK: A quick detour to cook head lighthouse, which guarded [View Full Entry]

By The Open Road
October 25th 2005

Green Eyes from Tipperary

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hores Abbey
When Nuns were caught committing Ungodly acts, they were whores and sent to this place to cleanse themselves of the devil. In the gift shop you can buy pens with pictures of nuns on them and when you ... [more]

Last time I visited Europe I lost my soul. I did not loose it all at once, but in small increments. As such, bits and pieces of my soul are floating around the United Kingdom and it is about time I started finding them. I captured a piece back last weekend from Beavertail in Edinburgh, and so now off to Liverpool, where I am certain the Embassie Hostel will offer me a small bit of it back at a reasonable price. What started as a simple day trip to Liverpool, brought the birth of, what is sure to be one of [View Full Entry]

By Lissy
October 22nd 2005

paddywagon

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so much fun!!! i just arrived back from my 6 day southern ireland tour today. i had a great time. we got to see and do so much stuff but it was really relaxed and cruisey - at the same time as seeing a lot. hmmmm. what did i do. i can't really remember as i haven't had any time to reflect on it but a few major highlights were ... kissing the blarney stone, seeing the cliffs of moher, driving around the dingle peninsular and the ring of kerry. the scenery is absolutely amazing in ireland. i was told how [View Full Entry]

By Shazbang
October 19th 2005

Meeting Winny...and other adventures!

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One week ago I met a girl named Winny. She was a 13 year old homeless girl asking for money for acommodation. For some reason there was a pull to give money to her. Normally I don't really give to too many homeless people because it is not really a need but a business for them. Maybe it was a business for her. But she was not out on the streets for no reason. After giving her 2 euro, she came back to sit down with me and we had a chat. I don't have too much to say about Winny, [View Full Entry]

By Lissy
October 16th 2005

ireland

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well, i arrived here in ireland today. i was meant to arrive at 12ish, but the flight was delayed so eventually got in at 3. thanks ryan air!! lucky i didn't have any plans. since tours i've been to paris for an overnight stay, then moved on to london. caught up with a few friends in london, took myself off to harrod's and royal albert hall, but had pretty much done all the sightseeing things i wanted to do last time. i went down to visit mary and co (relatives) for a few days which was lovely. got back to london [View Full Entry]

By Shazbang
October 10th 2005

Drawing Closer

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Well, it's my birthday today. Happy Birthday Shannon. lol, yes that would mean I am laughing at myself. hehe. Today has been an amazing day of drawing closer to God. There are many people in my life at the moment who know exactly who God is. They may even believe in Him and claim to have a faith in Him...yet they do nothing about this belief or faith. Faith without works is dead. This got me thinking into my own life and how much I rely on the people around me to convict me to truth. When in all reality I [View Full Entry]

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