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By hbdave
June 23rd 2006

Guinness, Guinness, Guinness with a Black and Tan and Smithwicks thrown in..

Europe » Ireland » County Kerry » Killarney

Day 25, Friday June 16: Dublin to (London)Derry On Friday, I met up with my new backpacking group and we headed to Northern Ireland, officially part of the UK, not the Republic of Ireland.. This is obviously a tense political subject with the people here and as recently as 1998, there were regular killings and bombing in N.Ireland, until the cease fire agreement.. Quickly it comes down to Protestants vs Catholics, or the British supporters vs the Ireland supporters. Both feel very strongly about who they should be ruled under and show themselves (Derry is divided by the river), British fla [View Full Entry]

By Emilie
June 22nd 2006

Destination

Europe » Ireland » County Meath

Je pars en Irlande dans le cadre d'un stage de fin de deuxième année à l'ISAB, institut supérieur d'agriculture de beauvais. J'effectue les 4 mois de stage dans un centre équestre qui se situe au Nord de Dublin. C'est un centre qui accueille des jeunes pour un séjour de perfectionnement en équitation et en anglais. Voici le site : RMEC Je décolle de Paris le 1er juillet à destination de l'aéroport international de Dublin. Je pourrais au travers de ce blog vous raconter et vous faire découvrir la région de Meath. Bonne lecture. [View Full Entry]

By Emilie
June 22nd 2006

Plan de vol

Europe » Ireland

Plan de vol [View Full Entry]

By Ducky
June 22nd 2006

Studying on Study Abroad?? (Happy Birthday Rachel!!)

Europe » Ireland » County Galway

Niagra Falls
Here is a totally random picture of me at Niagra Falls in 2004... What? Their in Ireland, right? ...I'm trying to keep thinking interesting. (Everyone say hello to Kip - he's on the other end of the p... [more]

Who would have known you were suppose to study on study abroad? Well I have been doing a lot of studing today, but I have learned a lot about Roscommon Castle, sadly a lot of the history is missing as well, so you'll have to fill in the blanks on your own. Roscommon Castle was first built by Robert de Ufford in 1269. The castle was three stories high with a quadrangular shape and four towers in the corners. Ufford only owned the castle for seven years until Hugh O'Conor, who was King of Connacht, came in and took over. O’Conor [View Full Entry]

By Katerwaul
June 21st 2006

Ireland

Europe » Ireland

So, I'm afraid today wasn't very interesting. We packed up all our stuff and checked out of Aviemore. 2 hours down the motorway and we were in Edinburgh. A couple of hours and a short flight later, we were standing in Dublin with the rental keys in our hot little hands. Where to? Was the question. 11 days, 1 island, no plans. so we journeyed south. Horrible, Horrible idea, straight into rush hour traffic. I figured mum needed to get off the road pretty fast, so we spent our first night in Ireland at this gorgeous B&B near the beach. Dinner [View Full Entry]

By Jon Wesley
June 21st 2006

On the road again...

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

Well, another phase of the trip has come and gone. I just saw Mike off to the airport bus and Mat left earlier this morning. At this point I’m feeling like I have put some miles under my feet. From Paris to Montgaillard to Bordeaux to Pau to Biarritz to the Pyrenees to San Sebastian to Barcelona’s L’Eixample, Ciutat Vella, Montjuic, and Barceloneta to Shannon to Limerick to Cork to Killarney to Dublin. I think I’m learning to enjoy the journey and the pleasure of movement, and to relish the expectation of the next destination as much as the memory of [View Full Entry]

By Ducky
June 21st 2006

Roscommon Castle

Europe » Ireland » County Galway

Rosecommon Castle
This is the view from the outside.

I am too tired to go into to much detail, but this castle was pretty awsome! It was out in the middle a field and we just drove up to it. Then we just walked right into it and no one was around. On top of all that we got to climb all over it! It was pretty freakin' awsome! I didn't want to leave, but we had too. : ( [View Full Entry]

By Zpet
June 20th 2006

On our way home

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

Well, guess its time to end the vacation. At the Dublin airport, on our way via Shannon, Newark, Atlanta, Pensacola. Will be in Pensacola late night tonight. Its been great, but we are both looking forward to getting home...ah, my pillow! [View Full Entry]

By Ducky
June 20th 2006

The Galway Fire of 2006 (Happy Belated Father's Day, Daddy!!)

Europe » Ireland » County Galway

Well on Sunday night there was a huge fire in the downtown part of Galway which spread really quickly reaching the Village that we were staying at. It wasn't until one of the students was awoken by the sounds of the alarms from the fire trucks that we knew the fire was happening. The student got out of bed and saw the fire which was almost right on top of the Village. He then started screaming through the halls trying to wake everyone and get them out of the building. Well in the mad rush of things it eventually woke the [View Full Entry]

By LaContrebasse
June 20th 2006

Overpriced Internet

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

I'm currently paying a euro per 10 minutes for internet. Me and Jack are hanging out in the airport. Have been for 3 hours and have a little less than 3 to go. The keyboard is a little different I keep hitting \ when I want shift, kind of weird. Nothing has really happened so I'll post something more interesting once we get to the continent. Mack [View Full Entry]

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