Enjoying a drink on our balcony in Smithfield

Ireland

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October 27th 2006
We've been living here for 10 months now and yes it does rain a lot but it has its advantages... no sunburn.... As you can see from the photos we've taken several trips outside of Dublin, including Powerscourt Estate. We hired a car for a weekend to sample the Irish roads (could not find any motorways outside of Dublin) We went walking around Glenalough in Co Wicklow and then we spen ... read more

Europe » Ireland

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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