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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 TED46
June 18th 2008

D'Arcy Tribe of Galway, Ireland

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Here's proof
We are there,.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 D’Arcy of Galway, Ireland With plenty of advice from former D’Arcy pilgrims (Dianne, Rick, Josh, Paul, Eric, etc.), we decided that today we would search out what we could of the family, D’Arcy of Galway. We had read in the Rick Steve’s guidebook that there were 14 significant, ruling families in the middle ages in Galway. They are more commonly known here as the tribes of Galway. D’Arcy is one of them. We also knew that a former vicar of the St. Nicolas Collegiate Church was John D’Arcy and that a banner in the church had the [View Full Entry]

By TED46
June 17th 2008

Galway, Ireland

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Fat Sheep
We've got a cool video of this. It is funny.

Monday, June 16, 2008 Galway, Ireland After the golf and sightseeing on Sunday, we slept very well. We decided to pack up and drive to Galway. But first, I had to drive back to the Royal Portrush Golf Course to find my eyeglasses. I left them in the rented golf bag which I used on Sunday. Fortunately, we found the glasses and we headed off. Our new GPS guide, Bonnie-our Scottish lass, was set for Galway and we headed out. It was only one turn before we started wondering if Bonnie had ever visited Ireland. She guided us onto a single [View Full Entry]

By KELLY FINN
May 30th 2008

General Information

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Galway

Well, I don't have much time but I thought I would inform you about some general things here in Ireland. This trip has been amazing, the things I am experiencing are unbelieveable. Some of our days of some full of things to do it is hard to sit and relax. I was able to get a nap in the other day though, which was amazing. At night I have been so tired, I sleep like a little baby! Our trip involves traveling from city to city. We are generally in each city for about 2-3 nights. We travel by coach bus, [View Full Entry]

By KELLY FINN
May 29th 2008

Galway

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Hello All!!! We just arrived in Galway!! We will be here for three nights, I am very excited to explore the city. Everything is going extremely well. It is Cracic (fun) here in Ireland, I will you could all be here with me. I will post tomorrow with an update of my adventure! We are going out tonight to celebrate one of the girls birthday, so should be a great time. Hope all is well with you. It is so nice to read all your postings. Take care :) Lov and miss ya all xoxo KELLY [View Full Entry]

By Zoe and Dave
May 24th 2008

Galway and Dublin

Europe » Ireland » County Galway

The Maniac
Zoe did the driving this time. Very impressed, only a few near misses.

Well it's been a while since our last update, haven't been up to much just chilling out and saving some cash for the main event. A few months ago we went to Galway so we're catching up on that one. Zoe was the driver this time. I lost a couple of years of my life to many near misses. Na, she was very good but the navigating was exceptional (yep, we had good road signs to follow this time). It was very nice, a place that everyone over here goes on their hens and bucks nights. So you could imagine that [View Full Entry]

By johnstonsineurope
May 5th 2008

Galway

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View from our hostel window
Just what I need to redeem Ireland to my heart

The drive across Ireland was not looking promising, it’s not ugly but it’s no where near as pretty as England and Wales have been, Galway though has redeemed my spirits. It’s gorgeous; it has a lively (and touristy) lane down the middle of town with quaint streets and shops running off it. Our hostel’s in this lane with bars and restaurants all around, busker’s playing music downstairs. And people are speaking Irish (and English with a few other languages as well). Now I’m happy. [View Full Entry]

By Overlanders
May 5th 2008

An Exciting Proposal!

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Wildflowers

As we biked along the azure coast of Inishmore (the largest of the Aran islands) off the West Coast of Galway, we basked in the sun’s warm glow and drank in our idyllic surroundings; stone walls interspersed with wildflowers, undulating hills, grey seals languishing on warm rocks, cows lazily grazing in green fields, and the clear blue waters of the Atlantic ocean sparkling like a sea of diamonds. Dave sidled up to me on his bike and we laughed together, held hands, enjoying the (rare) Irish sun and discussed how much we loved being together, and how blessed we were that [View Full Entry]

By Barb and Greg
May 2nd 2008

From Galway

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Hi Bloggers, Kate helped me with kick starting this blog so although I've arranged an alternate I thought it would be good to use this blog to see how it works for us and you. So, although you've heard this before I'll prattle on for a bit to make use of the log-in. We went to a pre-wedding party at a local restaurant last night and it was lovely meeting the lovely bride-to-be and her friends as well as Brad's Aussie and local friends. Brad is Paul and Cheryl's son. Their other son and wife and newish baby arrived yesterday - [View Full Entry]

By tarheel790
May 2nd 2008

Apparently, she has very nice teeth...

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Shop Street, Galway, County Galway, Ireland

Jessica finally finished her paper...she is done with school until the fall! We picked her up at Corrib Village and drove her to the school to turn in the paper. We then went down to the City Center to do some shopping on Shop Street, which is right next to Merchant Street (these Irish come up with some clever names for their streets). I picked up an Aran sweater, and Pam managed to find gifts for all the nieces and nephew. I got a few shots of Shop Street and Eyre Square. Later in the day, we dropped Jessie and one [View Full Entry]

Eyre Square, Galway, County Galway, Ireland

By tarheel790
May 1st 2008

Let's keep going...it's got to go somewhere!

Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Connemara

Coral Beach, County Galway, Ireland

Today was supposed to be a visit to the Aran Islands, three islands off the coast of Ireland, just out of Galway Bay, where the people still live much as they did over a hundred years ago. This is also where the Aran sweater originated, the traditional Irish wool sweater with different designs woven into the sweater. Each design has a meaning, and each family had a specific pattern which identified their family. The sweaters were worn by the fishermen and helped identify their bodies if they were lost at sea and washed up onto the beach. We missed the first [View Full Entry]

Descriptive sign, Unknown Location, County Galway, Ireland

Village of Leenane, County Galway, Ireland

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