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 | Joined | January 3rd 2011 | Trips | 0 |
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Bummer
Imagine. Your Irish. For 1000 years the Brits have been wiping their arse with you. You're barely alive 'cause the potato crop has failed... again. Finally you can't take it anymore. So you sell everything you own to get a ride on a scurvy bucket across the ocean to the new world. Three months at see. Most everybody on board dies of scurvy or dysentery or some other disease. You see land in the distance and you rejoice - you think you've been saved. Welcome to Newfoundland - pretty much the same unforgiving barren rugged chunk of rock you left behind on the other side.