Tag: ireland
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March 17, 2008 01:10 PM EDT --
IRELAND IN THE SPRINGTIME
I went to Ireland in the springtime
the sky rinsed pearly gray with rain,
the sweet soil sprouting
tender green buds and shoots,
fern green, forest . . . more
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August 25, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
Hello to whoever is reading.
I am brand new here, invited by my friend Dan, and just saying hello.
I am, however, also curious about something. I live in the great rainy (not usually so much during . . . more
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September 22, 2007 08:45 AM EDT --
When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitehorn Woods, young Father Flynn is concerned with the fate of St Ann's Well, which is set at the edge of the woods and . . . more
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March 16, 2008 04:25 PM EDT --
Postcards from the Hedge
Whom do you call when you need a life-size elephant sculpture in a hurry? That's exactly what the producers of the Today Show were asking when they decided to . . . more
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June 24, 2008 09:44 AM EDT --
I can't belive it's been a year since I've come home from the Emerald Isle, but alas, time goes by all too quickly.
Last summer, I spent a little over a month as part of my study . . . more
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December 11, 2007 11:55 PM EST --
Ireland boasts of many traditions all its own. Most stem from the time in Ireland's history when both the Gaelic culture and the religion of the country were being suppressed. Perhaps it is because . . . more
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January 02, 2007 03:28 PM EST --
The date was July 6, 1947, just one day before the Roswell Incident. The R.V. Allen family that now resides in Ontario was in Ireland at the time.
"The rancher said that while he and Mrs. Allen and . . . more
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January 26, 2008 09:51 AM EST --
Today I got a letter from my father.
My name is Eimear. I was 27 when I committed suicide by jumping of a bridge in London into the Thames. I left a note for my good friend Elizabeth. It told . . . more
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October 28, 2006 08:23 AM EDT --
I was winding my way across Ireland, having started the morning just outside of Dublin. I had reservations for that night at a B & B on the west coast. Soaking in the sights of the Irish . . . more
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March 17, 2008 10:30 AM EDT --
For the great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad
For all their wars are merry
And all their songs are sad.
G.K. Chesterton 1911 from The Ballad Of The White Horse. . . . more
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May 31, 2008 08:55 PM EDT --
Once is a simple independent film that stole my heart. I first heard of it when the song "Falling Slowly" was nominated and won an Academy Award. The plot tells the story . . . more
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August 14, 2008 07:14 PM EDT --
Urban Art in Dublin
I love to see how different cities interpret and portray their identity through art. Whether it is sculptures, murals, architecture or something more subtle like infrastructure- . . . more
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October 14, 2007 04:20 PM EDT --
Damian McNicholl is a long-time Gather member (February 14, 2006) (http://damianmcnicholl.gather.com) who grew up in Northern Ireland and went to law school in Wales; in the 1990s, Damian came to the US . . . more
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March 05, 2007 12:08 PM EST --
I am very excited at the thought of being in a chatroom, of sorts, with readers. They always say that writing is a lonely business, and in a way that's quite true.
It's a little less lonely for . . . more
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March 03, 2008 01:17 PM EST --
http://www.georgekillians.com/
Grand Prize (1): A trip for winner and one (1) adult guest to Ireland.Trip includes round-trip, coach air transportation for two (2) people from a major commercial U.S. . . . more
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March 17, 2007 07:21 AM EDT --
Thought I'd re-post some of my Ireland travel pieces in honor of St. Patrick's Day...
"David, me lad, I don't know who this Connor is you've been calling for, I'm afraid . . . more
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August 25, 2007 09:33 PM EDT --
The High Court in Belfast, Ireland heard a case yesterday against a bricklayer for charges of assaulting his girlfriend during an argument and torturing her pet Royal Python by cutting and biting it in . . . more
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October 23, 2007 07:25 AM EDT --
well lads just thought l'd take the opportunity of bringing you up to date with how things are in my part of the world
oh but before l do can l just say England did get through to the World Rugby . . . more
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March 16, 2008 04:49 PM EDT --
Traveling through Ireland one sees a country full of inspriational landscapes. Rolling hills full of grazing sheep, ancient rock walls and verdent farmlands unveil so many shades of green the . . . more
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March 17, 2008 08:07 PM EDT --
I have in my possession a tintype (well, four of them really, but this story only pertains to one) of four women who have never been identified. The picture was given to me along with dozens of others . . . more
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