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May 11th 2010
As of yesterday, I have begun a countdown to homecoming! Okay, that's a lie. I've been counting down for a while, but not in such an excited fashion. Just as a sort of marker of how much time was left/how long I'd been in Cork. But yesterday was my 'twenty days left in Cork!" day. And WHAT a day! It was Tony's last full day here, and we went on a marvelous bus tour of south west Ireland. We ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Cork

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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