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Dublin Day

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June 9th 2015
Awake at 5.30am, wide awake, so after reading and writing my blog I got up and went exploring. Beautiful morning, sunshine and clear and crisp. Did a few blocks around the hotel and back for breakfast. Off to CitySightSeeing hop on hop off bus for the day. Red double decker and a great tour guide Jerry, so we stayed on for the whole trip and then knew what we wanted to see in the next loop. Fir ... 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