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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 peruanodan
July 23rd 2005

Walking tour Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

Harcourt St.

We decided we'd spend saturday doing a walking tour of a few of the sights in Dublin. But we weren't going to get anything done on an empty stomach, so we stopped off at a little cafe for a cheap, and what turned out to be a delicious breakfast. After that, we began our tour at Trinity College, Ireland's oldest university and home to some interesting history. The college was built by the British as a Protestant monastery in hopes of "civilizing the Irish and curing them of Popery". It's also home to Book of Kells. The campus was really beautiful, [View Full Entry]

By peruanodan
July 22nd 2005

A pub on every corner Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

Temple Bar

We were a bit slow getting up this morning, but still managed to make the cross-town hike to meet up with the rest of the group at The Four Courts for our tour. The building has a lot of history, and the interior and architecture are good evidence of it. It seemed to be very busy with barristers, judges, and what I assume to be clients walking all over the place and chatting. The Irish legal system still holds over the tradition of judges wearing white wigs along with their robes. It was interesting, to say the least, to see a [View Full Entry]

By peruanodan
July 21st 2005

Dublin Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

us at the gates of Heaven

Our program in Limerick had made arrangements for us to make a weekend trip to Dublin to visit the Four Courts, Dublin's main courthouse, to learn a bit more about the legal system here in Ireland and get an opportunity see it in action. After a short train ride, our group found ourselves here in the home of great booze and Ireland's largest city. I didn't know quite what was in store when we planned the trip, but the excursion is turning out to exceed any expectations I'd had about Dublin. While the majority of the group is staying at a [View Full Entry]

By Roxy
July 14th 2005

The City in the Park Europe » Ireland

You know when something's coming to a close....you can feel the anticlimactic buzz in the air....yep, it's starting to creep up on me....the thought of leaving an island of which I've become so utterly amazed by. I thought I'd nickname Cork 'the city in the park' - that's what it's like here...you go anywhere and you're surrounded by overgrown bushes, trees, flowers, etc....it's just so fresh and alive....when they say it's green, it is seriously GREEN. No wonder they are associated with that color.....you go just beyond the houses on any outskirt of any town/village/city and it's like you'v [View Full Entry]

By haley m86
July 14th 2005

The Jaywalking Capital Of The World Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square.

Dublin. Yay Dublin. It's different from everywhere else I've been here. There's a ton of traffic, and yet pedestrians stlil seem to reign supreme. One of the cool little ways to tell the locals apart from the tourists is to watch the people at a crosswalk. Anyone from anywhere else in the world will press the little button and wait patiently for the green signal. The Dubliners will just keep walking. And the traffic is actually okay with this. No one minds, no one honks. They just stop, or swerve, whatever's convenient, and they don't honk or yell. They honk and [View Full Entry]

By Jess
July 11th 2005

Happy Birthday Cathy Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

Cathy

Being the winner I am, I flew to Dublin to surprise the lovely Cathy for her birthday. It worked. There were tears. (Good ones.) It was a fleeting visit that had been carefully coordinated with Cathy's housemate Aideen. As is always the case with young Squeezy it was a mad night and all a bit crazy. (Cath, there's a big building in India a guy built for his wife. Pretty amazing. What's it called? He he he.) [View Full Entry]

By haley m86
July 11th 2005

Kilkenny Cats Europe » Ireland » County Kilkenny » Kilkenny

Kilkenny Castle

At 9:30 this morning, I was getting cereal. This is usually an easy thing for me. But usually I don't have to weave my way in and out of the Korean students who are running around shouting and chopping vegetables for curry, or help the German women with the gas stove so they can make porridge, or avoid the Arkansas guy checking on his pizza. I also don't normally sit at a table where two Italians are in the process of repairing a bike. I love this place. It took me a while to think of it, but what it really [View Full Entry]

By WildcatMike
July 9th 2005

hello humidity Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

Just arrived here in dublin after a 5 hour drive from donegal... really a great drive. I had to say goodbye to my friends from colorado because they are leaving tonight... they were great and I had so much fun hanging out with them. Arriving in dublin reminds me of boston, really hot and really muggy. anyway the last 2 nights in donegal were awesome. We would go to a pub and listen to traditional music all night. everyone in the city loved us. Was definitely sad to leave them. The west coast of ireland is so much better then the [View Full Entry]

By haley m86
July 8th 2005

Waterford Tall Ships Race Europe » Ireland

The Dunbrody

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and sky. All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. -- John Masefield The festival has been great - the music is fun, the ships are gorgeous, and everyone here is really into it. A lot of the other tourists are actually Irish themselves - the race runs through different cities every year, and this is the first time in a long while that it's been in Ireland. There's fishermen from all across the coast, little kids running around the docks, all sorts [View Full Entry]

By WildcatMike
July 7th 2005

Change of plans... Europe » Ireland » County Donegal » Donegal

hello guys... the last few days I spent in galway were pretty fun. I met a couple of teachers from colorado who talked me into driving with them up the coast, actually it didn't take much talking, they are going into dublin on the same day i am so why not have a free ride. so i guess that its not really a change of plans if you didn't have any plans in the first place. In the meantime I saw the cliffs of moher again and snapped a few pictures. Last night ended up in westport which is the capital [View Full Entry]

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