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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 carterface
August 26th 2009

Cliffs of Moher Europe » Ireland » County Clare » Cliffs of Moher

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The Cliffs of Moher were named one of the world's New Seven Wonders and thus packs in a lot of tourists each year. They raise to about 394 ft and are at the highest point 702 ft...needless to say, they are quite impressive. I don't really have a lot to say about the day other than we explored the cliffs and saw some of the most spectacular things we'd ever seen. We broke the rules and walked along the side for about a mile longer than the tourist section allows you....but hey...it was worth it and they charge so much for [View Full Entry]

By Thirsty Hurst
August 26th 2009

I made it Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

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Swans on a pond in St. Stephen's Green.

I arrived in Dublin today to kick off a 2+ month tour of Europe. The trip over was a bit of an adventure as I took the 7:00 am bus from Kutztown, PA up to the NY Port Authority, caught a bus to JFK, flew to Charlotte, flew to Philly then finally flew to Dublin, leaving after 9:00 pm EDT. The logical question is why not fly directly from Philly? Because for some silly reason one way tickets were $2,000 from Philly to Dublin, yet I was able to get a one way with the extra flights for under $400 and [View Full Entry]

By GDR
August 26th 2009

Cliffs of Moher 26Aug Europe » Ireland » County Clare » Cliffs of Moher

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Cliffs of Moher

Today I took a drive from Bunratty to the Cliffs of Moher. I stopped off on the way at St Bridgits Well, a quant little cemetary with a room whereby you could leave gifts in memory for the departed. There was a stream running through and it made a nice memorial. Drove to Moher and the cliffs were stunning. It was a little windy, some points you were stopped in your tracks and had to hold hard not to be walking backwards. Very gusty in places, and in others it was calm, depending on where the wind was at the time. [View Full Entry]

By carterface
August 26th 2009

Cork Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork

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cork city

I flew into Kerry, Ireland from Frankfurt, Germany on the 11th of August. Can’t say I really saw Frankfurt, I mostly used it as a spot to wash clothes and get some rest. I got sick my last day in Venice and continued t be sick for the rest of my trip but the toughest days were in Frankfurt, so I just laid in bed and drank tea and soup. I wasn’t too sick outside of these two days…in fact I recovered mostly within a week. While I was in Istria, Croatia Ivana had been in the Holland and our plans [View Full Entry]

By carterface
August 26th 2009

Ballycotton Europe » Ireland » County Cork

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We went from Cork to Ballycotton by hitching but in order to get to the right highway we had to go to Midleton, the town that holds Jameson Whiskey distillery. Our hitching virginity was broken by a man who lived a little before Midleton, a free form mountain climber. He said he was in Switzerland and no one picked him up when he was hitching so he felt like he had a responsibility to get us. He went into Cork to get his bike chain repaired and was on his was home when he saw us...most of the car was filled [View Full Entry]

By carterface
August 26th 2009

Youghal Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Youghal

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Ivana running to her first exposure to an ocean.

We decided, even after our success, to take the bus to Youghal because we had to be there by 2 PM and didn't want to risk it. We were going to be couch surfing with Victor and his roommate Yoel in Youghal. Yoel is pronounced like you would say Yole and Youghal is pronounced like you'd say Y'all. This strange mix of things became a highlight of our trip....Yoel from Youghal. Neither was a native or Ireland though. Victor was from Spain and Yoel was from Honduras. Youghal is a small town with little going on, but in Irish history it [View Full Entry]

By carterface
August 26th 2009

Kilkenny Europe » Ireland » County Kilkenny » Kilkenny

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Kilkenny comes from two words of the Gaelic language (language of the Irish, before the English came), one meaning Church and the other being the name of the saint that it is named after. Instead of translating this directly they just made an English equivalent. In Kilkenny we were couch surfing again, this time with a 33 year old Polish girl named Nina. As soon as Yoel brought us into Kilkenny we met Nina for tea. After we finished we walked to her house. She had another Polish friend that would be staying with her and her roommate was also Polish, [View Full Entry]

By carterface
August 26th 2009

Callan Europe » Ireland » County Kilkenny

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After leaving Nina's Ivana and I had the intention of hitching to a town called Clonmel and getting a bus from there to Ennis and from there hitching to the coast towards Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher. We got to the highway, I made my sign up and we waited. At first we had little luck, first of all we kept thinking we had been through enough of the roundabouts...but there were four or five and we weren't sure which one would be the last one (being past the last one was a benefit because it meant only people traveling [View Full Entry]

By Fiolakemi
August 25th 2009

(Anything But) Dun Laoghaire Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dún Laoghaire

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Dun Laoghaire singlehandedly saved Dublin from going down as the most boring place I have ever visited. Or maybe the fact that I have visited upstate New York before is why Dublin cannot credibly claim for itself the title of Worst Place Ever. Regardless, Dun Laoghaire is absolutely gorgeous and peaceful. It is a small, seaside town just outside Dublin, and when I visited, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was a perfect blue with its fluffy, white clouds reflected in the water. Dun Laoghaire was not dun at all. I took a bus from the Temple Bar region [View Full Entry]

By GDR
August 25th 2009

Killarney 25Aug Europe » Ireland » County Kerry » Killarney

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Group at the Banquet

Today I left Killarney, but on the way out, stopped off to have a look at Ross Castle and St Margarets Cathedral. St Margarets is huge, and I was allowed to just wander in. The door seems to be always open. It was very peaceful. Headed out through Killorglin, Milltown, Castlemaine, Inch and arrived at Dingle. Dingle is very nice. Went to another milltown (which plays havoc with the GPS as after picking the town, you have to pick which county your in, which is not always clear on maps). Had an hour to kill, went to Ventry and saw Dunbeg [View Full Entry]

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