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''...the green and troubled land of
tourist brochures and news headlines.''

Quote from: Ireland, A Novel by Frank Delaney

Warmed and cooled by the North Atlantic stream and location respectively, Ireland is never extremely cold or extremely hot.

This celtic isle is stoney grey, rugged mountains, cliffs and dewy greenness. Windswept and misty, you will likely need an umbrella anytime.

From the ring of Kerry to the tatched cottages of Conamera to the Giants Causeway, may the road rise to meet you and may your hassles be small ones.

Ireland has folklore, lively music, dance and haunting ballads. Kiss the Blarney stone and join the locals in one of the pubs which outnumber just about everything for a pint of black and tan, or ten. Then rise up yer skirts and kick up yer heals for a bit of mighty craic with fiddles, harps, jigs and reels.

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By Amee
July 7th 2009

Only one week in Ireland- what is a must see in the South? Great places to stay? Europe » Ireland

I have never done a blog but this seems as good a place as any to start. I could use some help or suggestions for heading south by car. I am overwhelmed but excited to be planning a return trip to Ireland at the end of August. My first visit there when I was 21, 14 years ago. I started in Belfast and took in a lot of the west coast, Dublin and fell in love with Connemara/Galway. I will be taking my spouse and know that among the highlights from my first trip. Starting in Howth and making this our [View Full Entry]

By Cyndi D
July 7th 2009

saturday, sunday, and Monday- Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Connemara

We have been so busy, I am just catching up with our journal. Saturday morning we spent time relaxing around the breakfast table with our hosts, Liz and Joe. At 10:00, Liz led us into Salt Hill so that Dean could use the pool- a lovely facility with 3 pools, a gym, mini-golf, midway rides, etc. while he swam, Liz, J&J, and I strolled the “prom(enade)”-a walkway running the length of the strand at Galway Bay. When you reach the end, it is tradition to kick the rock wall. Next, we all went into Galway for market day- stalls selling produce, [View Full Entry]

By Bowe
July 6th 2009

Flights booked!! Europe » Ireland » County Laois » Portlaoise

So flights all booked so its definetly happening now!!! SCARY!! Spent a while looking for flights and ended up getting the best deal on www.edreams.com ! The cheapest flights were €540 with Air Asia from London heathrow ( flights to london €25 with Ryan air to stansted or €50 with Aer lingus to heathrow) but i have read only OK reports about them so we ended up paying €650 each to go with Singapore airlines leaving directly from Dublin! They seem much friendlier and comfortable from what iv read on the net but only time will tell i guess. Travel time [View Full Entry]

By caitielynn1
July 6th 2009

First Day (or 1/2 day) of Work Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

The walk in

Today was my first day of work!! Well- it was only a half day... but one of my bosses took me around the city center to show me around to the various Porterhouse owned locations. There's a lot. Two tapas bars, one that we went into and I fell in LOVE with. It's extremely cute/romantic/comfortable. The walls are lined with vintage wine bottles behind class and candles that they light at night. Everything is very dimly lit, and I can only imagine how gorgeous it looks when it's open. They have an outdoor seating area as well that has low-sitting glass [View Full Entry]

By astrom4
July 6th 2009

Cork, Cobh, and Dublin Europe » Ireland

i did not enjoy Cork much, the food was a lot cheaper. The city itself was just so dirty and nasty. I still had fun though. On thursday, we went off on to our overnight trips. I got to go to Cobh (cove), and this place I liked. It was really good for a one night stay. A large natural harbor with islands in the distance, a lot of titanic stuff, and this massive cathedral. It was over 300 ft. tall and was amazing. Took 47 years to build. Had really good seafood too. Then the next day we went to [View Full Entry]

By Cyndi D
July 5th 2009

on the road to Galway Europe » Ireland » County Clare » Ennis

We are back in Corbally for our last night before we leave for Dingle tomorrow morning. We had a lovely weekend in Galway with the Nolan family. I don’t have time right now to write about the whole weekend, but I will try to provide a rundown of Friday, when we drove to and arrived in Galway. After Dean did his pool routine, we were on our way ,and stopped in Ennis to see 13th century Franciscan friary- quite a few of the walls were still almost intact, and they had done some restoration. Until the 1970s, it had been an [View Full Entry]

By caitielynn1
July 5th 2009

The Porterhouse Night Club Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

Holy fancy shmancy! This is the link to the "celebrity nightclub" my new boss told me I'd be doing events and promotional stuff for... suhweet! http://www.lilliesbordello.ie/ [View Full Entry]

By caitielynn1
July 4th 2009

Happy Foreign 4th of July! Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

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Hallway at Dublin Castle

We had a big BBQ today in the green outside of our apartment complex, put on by the EUSA program for all of the Americans. It was entertaining to see what all they included as being "American": hamburgers and hot dogs, chicken nuggets from who knows where, lots of ketchup and mustard, "American Style" hamburger sauce, "Born in the USA" played by the DJ, and lots of peanuts. It was the first time that we met a lot of the people from the other programs though which was fun! Went to Dublin Castle yesterday, and the Guinness factory- I'm trying to [View Full Entry]

By spatrickr
July 4th 2009

Dublin Day 2-3 Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

Dublin day 2 & 3! The craic is 90!! Ok, so the craic is an Irish term loosely translated as "good times" and the 90 refers to the year 1990 when Ireland experienced one of it's greatest economic and sports years. What I did on Days 2-3-- -Took the Padi walking tour starting at the tourist center, formerly a Catholic Church. Lasted about 2 hours and gave me a great intro to the history of central Dublin and sites. - Hiked along the Liffey River toward the Guinness Brewery. I buckled down and bought lunch at McDonald's. Yeah, I know, lame, [View Full Entry]

By Cyndi D
July 3rd 2009

a day in Kilkee Europe » Ireland » County Clare » Kilkee

Today we stayed local, and did the cliff walk in Kilkee. It was as beautiful, and much less touristy than the Cliffs of Moher. The town had constructed a paved walkway running along the cliff edge for a mile or so leading from town. Mary advised us to walk it backwards- so we parked along the road at the top, and walked down to town. The views were spectacular. At one point, we descended stairs leading to a stony outcrop. Jeff and Jackie were daring and climbed down into a pit/depression that had a hole opening to the sea. It looked [View Full Entry]

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