Blarney Castle

Watching the Game and Kissing the Stone

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February 11th 2009
So these entries are about two different events over the past two weeks! The first is The Super bowl. Now normally i'm not really into American football but with being friends with so many American's it was inevitable that I ended up in a pub in Limerick watching the game and "jumping on the bandwagon" so to speak. It was a really great night! The game wasn't on until 11:30pm here and didn't en ... read more

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more