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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 DaveNChristina
November 8th 2009

Leg1 - IRELAND - Nice Craic Europe » Ireland » County Laois

On the way from Bristol Airport

Dave's Top 5 * Morrisey's Bar in Abbeyleix - get a pint and your corn flakes at the same time * First pint of Guinness, second pint of Guinness, third pint of Guinness... * Meal at Chris and Elaine's wedding (best beef fillet ever!) * Elaine's dad's speech with a liberal spattering of fecks * Mini wooden sauna in hotel room in Dublin (bizarre!) Christina's Top 5 * Chris and Elaine's wedding, beautiful ceremony, fantastic reception, boogying with good friends, etc. * Bob's Bar across from our hotel in Durrow, drinking Guinness with friends i [View Full Entry]

By ljharr88
November 7th 2009

WWOOFing in Clare III Europe » Ireland » County Clare » The Burren

Hello! Well, as you have likely noticed, I got a bit behind on blogging. However, now that I am *sigh* back in California, I have a lot of time on my hands and therefore I can now fill you in. First thing's first: below is an email I sent to my family way back on October 4th. After that, I'll give you a summary of the rest. ________ Hello Everyone! Everything here is still beyond wonderful. Work has progressed to lots of weeding, composting, and digging. My job for the last several days has been digging rocks out of the ground [View Full Entry]

By The Seattleite
November 7th 2009

I wanted to see the Burren's but NOT in the friggin' DARK!! Europe » Ireland » County Clare » Doolin

Good Morning Everybody! Just had breakfast at the Dubhlinn House recommended by Rick Steves. First of all, just want to say thankyou to everybody who sent me bday wishes on facebook. If anybody is interested in how I spent most of it...well, most of it was on a scary road from Galway to Doolin last night. The start of our day was mellow though...we stopped at the abbey to take pics, take a tour and shop. Then we did some quick shopping in Galway also where I found my irish sweater and probably what made us so late. we didn't leave [View Full Entry]

By The Seattleite
November 7th 2009

Still navigating the wild west of Ireland... Europe » Ireland » County Limerick

We made a good choice...the coast is fine when the whether is well...but last night really was too stressful for us. We drove through the cliffs of Moher in pouring rain and strong winds but after that the roads were much better. We drove through Limerick and arrived in Adare about 2pm, found our new B&B (Church View House) right on the corner of town. It's a pink house, very quaint...I feel like we are staying at Grandma's house. We dropped off our stuff and went to relax and enjoy the town. First we went to check out the Adare Manor [View Full Entry]

By The Seattleite
November 5th 2009

Life at the Ballynahinch castle Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Connemara

Okay, somehow i will try to make this quick.... First of all, I survived my first day of driving in Ireland...Yeah!!! Second of all, this place is so- charming and picturesque...I feel like royalty on vacation at a country cottage. It's a fairytale, and a relaxing night well deserved after white knuckling it all the way from Dublin. I could not have made it without a great co-pilot either. Warren is a great travel partner and compliments my high string when it comes to stressful situations like this. Without the GPS system and Warren telling me to stop veering off into [View Full Entry]

By The Seattleite
November 3rd 2009

Scottish Whiskey for Breakfast and Irish Guiness for dinner...how cool is that?! Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

Made it to Dublin! Got a late start from Edinburgh as they forgot our wakeup call but still had time to grab my starbucks mug and sample some whisky for breakfast. Bought a really nice one to take home. Just a quick plane ride from Edinburgh and we were blessed with some sun. Yeah!! We decided that with limited time to take a cab straight to the hotel before venturing around. We really made good use of our few hours before most of the sights closed. Touring around Dublin is so easy...just hopped a tour bus across the street that arrives [View Full Entry]

By RachelleD
October 31st 2009

P.S.I LOVE YOU Europe » Ireland » County Wicklow » Wicklow

The Round Tower

Just spent the last week driving through th south of Ireland. So here is the first leg. After a scary landing in windy Dublin we jumped in our hire car, which was upgraded to a very cool Nissan something and headed to The Wicklow Mountains. We stayed in the middle of nowhere at a great family run hostel called Mountain view. Fresh air and drinking water from the local spring. Hospitality was fab. Because we arrived so late they offered us curry and rice with homemade chrissy pudding and cream mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. The Dublin walking group were also staying the night and [View Full Entry]

By SSTT snowboardsurfstaveltrain
October 23rd 2009

Ireland First week Europe » Ireland » County Clare » Doolin

Oct 13 Today I had to finish packing and close down the house because tonight we are headed to Ireland. After I finsihed everything and was ready to go I had to bike about 3 miles with my 50 lb pack on me to jays house. Where we were supposed to get picked up by his friend Tom. However Tom had called and said he was running late and it would help if we could meet him on the mainland. So jay scrambled to call some people luckily chris pulled through for us and was able to get us to toms [View Full Entry]

By RPR
October 21st 2009

Dublin Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

Guinness, Guinness and more Guinness. Oh yeah and I did some other stuff. Have had a few days here now and it is really nice. Been cold and wet but hey it's Ireland. Saw St Pauls Cathedral, Dublin Castle, the Spire, Oscar Wildes house, Gallery of Modern Art, Custom House, National Museum, Temple Bar and of course the Guinness Storehouse. Also taken some time to relax a bit before pushing off. Heading to Cork, Blarney and Cobh tomorrow before pushing north to Belfast. [View Full Entry]

By SS Voyager
October 16th 2009

Ashford Castle - Connemara - Clonmacnoise Europe » Ireland

Ashford Castle

I had to save this for a separate blog. Ashford Castle…..Jim always says I think I’m a princess, but I surely am during this stay at the Castle. Not only is the castle beautiful, and are the grounds gorgeous, with hidden gardens everywhere and a lake that has swans swimming along the banks, but the castle is outside the town of Cong (the place where the “Quiet Man” with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara) was shot. Every “Boomer” should see this place. We checked in and had drinks in the drawing room next to a stone fireplace decked with the coat [View Full Entry]

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