Tag: ireland
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June 24, 2009 04:10 PM EDT --
I couldn’t work out where I stood.
“They ought to put a brake on it,” they said, “force 'im to eat.” But it almost sounded noble. He wasn’t that much . . .
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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 . . .
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May 21, 2009 09:06 AM EDT --
I have ancestors who came from Ireland. However I never had such a strong longing to visit Ireland until I read the book Galway Bay. I just read this book A few weeks ago. It is by Mary Pat . . .
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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 . . .
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November 03, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
From the Daily Beast:
The Irish budget airline Ryanair is offering cheapo cheapo flights between London and America for less than the cost of filling up a gas tank. In the face of a worldwide . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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November 06, 2008 11:01 AM EST --
Nollaig Shona Dhuit is Merry Christmas in Irish Gaelic, which is still taught in schools in Eire, the Irish Republic. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. Christmas is a traditional . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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July 20, 2008 10:30 PM EDT --
Ireland is a country of spell binding beauty. Its people are deservedly known for their friendliness and hospitality, but I'm convinced that a major reason its population is less than . . .
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January 04, 2009 03:20 AM EST --
Along the Ring of Kerry is eventually a beautiful expanse of sea, and an island called Valencia rests south of the mainland. On previous posts I shared the delight of discovering Guinness . . .
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August 18, 2009 12:00 PM EDT --
Some of you may remember reviewing this article for me, but I've not posted it in its entirety on here before. It is so long, that I'm only going to share the beginning, and invite you to go to Irish . . .
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October 01, 2007 06:03 PM EDT --
This past August my family and I travelled to Ireland. My husband and myself and my son, Thomas and daughter, Emily journeyed together. Two other sons could not make the trip. My . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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. . . .
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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 . . .
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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- . . .
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