Ireland

Off to Ireland

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June 1st 2009
I'm on the road June 12, this time on a toora-loor-a-luring, as my friend Mr. Right likes to call it. I've never been to Ireland, birthplace of my paternal grandfather, so I'm heading to Dublin for a short stay, then joining a hiking tour with an outfit called Extreme Ireland that will take me to Galway and the Aran Islands, then back to Dublin for a few days. Two weeks in all. Hope you will come ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Dublin

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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