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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 Marcoelitaliano
November 26th 2007

Longfellow Serenade

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Aran Islands

Inishmore Dramatic Coastline

A drunkard peeing against a tree in the park was the last image London had left to me. I was on a bus. By night. Twelve hours later, I arrived in Dublin welcomed by a not too dissimilar scene. Outside the bus station a homeless man tightly buttoned in his wasted beige trench, with a massive cervical hump forcing him into a totally unnatural position, he was waiting for the opening of the station bathrooms to shave himself. It was only 6 in the morning and already the metropolitan desperation of those who have nothing merged with the indifference of those [View Full Entry]

By Rachel In the UK
November 11th 2007

O Ro the Rattlin' Bog

Europe » Ireland » County Galway

Just a typical view in Ireland

Hello everyone!! Sorry it has taken me so long to update, but I had a lot to write and I've been keeping busy around England. However, now I have to write about my favorite trip so far...Ireland! I was absolutely amazed at how serene, peaceful and natural everything in Ireland was, completely different than England or the US. We drove for miles and miles and saw nothing but hills, rivers, and sheep. I do not think the pictures I will put on here even do it justice, it is really something that should be experienced for itself, but hopefully I will [View Full Entry]

By AhSure
November 9th 2007

Last day at work - woohoo!

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Galway

Hard at work...
Hmmmm.....

Well the big day has finally arrived - what was I thinking giving six and a half weeks notice - those weeks have gone by soooo slowly. Lots of nights out, big lunches, even bigger dinners, copious amounts of wine and bulmers (oh I'll miss my bulmers!) and hugs goodbye. Today is not really goodbye to work colleagues either as coming back next Thursday for my leaving party - no getting rid of me I'm sure they are thinking! I'm also really annoying as I'm bouncing about the place like Tigger! Am pretty organised - have 70% of the packing done, [View Full Entry]

By AhSure
November 2nd 2007

16 days to take off

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Galway

Only one week left to work, hurrah. Major panic has set in to buy hiking boots, camera, MP3 player, etc.... Arghhh! [View Full Entry]

By Keenan
October 12th 2007

ireland, again.

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Galway

Hey there, local time 1139, friday october the 12th. to everyone who has sent me messages: thanks. I dont have your emails or i'd send you messages back personally. so, in leiu of that, ill write a general 'Thanks!' here. Yesterday we went to the largest island InishMor just SW of galway. it was a good time for all, consdiering we biked quite a few kilometeres and i ended up hurting myself quite a bit during the hike (scraped wrist/hand on sharp jagged rocks/ slipped and fell quite suddenly on the ferry over to the island, slipped on a loose rock [View Full Entry]

By Azure
October 8th 2007

My Life- YAY!

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Galway

I still haven't written anything about Ireland yet but it IS coming. Instead I have recently had a wonderful breakthrough in my life. Yes, MY LIFE!!! And don't you want to know what it is? Of course you do! What is it you say? Well, regarding my life... I have decided what I want to do with it. SWEET!!!!! First, I was going to be a veterinarian. Not so much anymore. $100,000 in debt not so cool, 10% chance of getting in not so cool, class 10 hours a day and study aaall night not so cool, and having lots of [View Full Entry]

By John Miranda
October 6th 2007

In Search of a Galway Hooker

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Connemara

Connemara Ponies
The New Young Pony Club (Connemara Branch)

August 2005 We were looking for somewhere easy and price competitive from EMA for a spontaneous trip at August Bank Holiday. The best option was direct to Shannon on board the penny fight champions without a particular plan of action thereafter. The most obvious destination was Limerick. However a quick read of certain travel guides, seems to focus on a place with unemployment, crime and general neglect at worst and a place where the visitor might still have to dig a little to appreciate it’s charm. We landed at Shannon and turned towards Ennis. Ennis held enough charm without digg [View Full Entry]

By riveenema
August 30th 2007

so i've been a little busy...

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Galway

it's been a while since i've written a proper blog (and this one won't be too long either)...my apologies on that...i've been a bit busy trying to squeeze the most out of the eurail pass that marc and i got. we did a WHILRWIND tour of scandinavia - if we were't sleeping or on a boat or hiking we were on a train, there was no downtime at all. norway was spectacularly beautiful. took a fjord cruise down the longest and deepest fjord in the world. cliffs that went straight up into the sky and straight down to the water. train [View Full Entry]

By KtCakes
August 22nd 2007

Leaving Galway

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Sheep

Yay!! We just got our internet back, it wasn't working yesterday at all. So yesterday we took a drive up to Connemara, Clifden and Lettefrack, in what the Irish call the wild west. The roads are not nearly wide enough to be two ways, but they are, as I said before, it's pretty terrifying. That area is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. There are mountains everywhere, and they're just covered in rocks and grass, and little ponds and lakes. Mom almost ran over sheep a few times too. We ended up going into Lettefrack because thats [View Full Entry]

By Sturdmeister
August 20th 2007

Finding Nemo....errr Noel!

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Galway

Catching up with Noel
Enjoying some of the local Irish hospitality

Having loosely organised to meet a friend (Noel) from my overland trip to China, I came to the realisation that all I had was his e-mail address and the town he lived in in Ireland (Moycullen, Galway). Following frantic writing of e-mails without reply I decided to track him down. All I will say is that I am glad I was in Ireland where everybody seems to know one another!! Admittedly I thought Moycullen was in the centre of Galway, but how wrong I was. Starting off with a trip to the Tourist information Office in Galway, I was surprised how [View Full Entry]

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