 | I don't do ferries.
2004-07-17, Dublin, Ireland. By: lizziejoy | | Whether the matutinal charred blood had anything to do with it or not, the ferry trip from Holyhead to Dublin flipped my equilibrium. Upon arrival in Dublin, I still swayed side to side no matter what... |
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 | From Eiren's Green Isle
2004-06-16, Macroom, Ireland. By: Lisa | | A hearty hello to y'all!!
Well, Ireland is just as green, beautiful and friendly as we'd expected, hoped and imagined. We arrived in Rosslare port just after midday today after a 19hr overnight ferr... |
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 | Day 17: From Dingle to Belfast
2003-09-24, All over the country, Ireland. By: logan | | Today was a long, rugged travel day. Hitch-hiking out of Dingle Town was not nearly as easy as getting there. I walked a good 5 miles out of town before finally getting a ride. A man by the name of... |
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 | Day 16: Irish vs. British Shots
2003-09-23, Dingle, Ireland. By: logan | | Spent most of the day recovering from the bike ride, writing post cards, and typing in stories. On my last night in Dingle Town, I went pub crawling with a woman named Adi who had just finished her 2... |
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 | Day 15: "Taisteaal go Mall"
2003-09-22, Dingle, Ireland. By: logan | | Today Jana, Sudurika, and I rented bikes to ride around the Dingle Penninsula (29-mile loop). The countryside here is absolutely spectacular - rolling green hills and old stone walls - just like the ... |
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 | Day 14: All About Gaeltachts
2003-09-21, Dingle, Ireland. By: logan | | This morning I moved into the much friendlier Grapevine Hostel along with my two new friends, Jana & Sudurika. For the most part I rested today, but I did wander around town for awhile to get my bear... |
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 | Day 13: My Pilgrimage to Dingle (Part 2)
2003-09-20, County Kerry, Ireland. By: logan | | Other than being the second biggest city in Ireland, there is really nothing special about Cork. In the morning, however, Kendall decided she wanted to spend another day there (I suspect she needed to... |
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 | Day 11: Don't Hide Dead Bodies in Bogs
2003-09-18, Dublin, Ireland. By: logan | | Please see changes and additions to Day 10.
Today I checked out a couple of the main tourist attractions in Dublin. I started with the National Museum, which contains an impressive display of arti... |
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 | Day 10: The Truth About Viking Raids
2003-09-17, Dublin, Ireland. By: logan | | I took a train from Manchester to Liverpool this morning around 5:00 a.m. After walking through the streets of Liverpool at sunrise (only saw one of the Beatles - what a jip!), I hopped on a 4-hr fer... |
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 | Blarney to Bantry
2002-08-02, Blarney, Ireland. By: mike | | Well we got off to one of our early starts that we are famous for - we were packed up and ready to go by 3:00pm in the afternoon!! Packing the bob and panniers brought back memories for my mother as s... |
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| Read to Roll
2002-08-02, Blarney, Ireland. By: mike | | So here we are about to start our bicycing in Europe. For a warm up we have decided to do a few days around the Southwest of Ireland, leaving from my parents home in Blarney. We figure this will be a ... |
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 | Selskar, Ferrycarrig and Screen
2003-01-08, Wexford, Ireland. By: chefortune | | After a fairly late morning, I cooked up an Irish fry for breakfast, then we wandered around the town a bit. After lunchtime, Tom and I went to a nice little audio-visual in Selskar Abbey, documenting... |
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 | Down the Eastern Seaboard
2003-01-07, Newgrange, Ireland. By: chefortune | | On our way back to Dublin, we stopped in at Brú na Bóinne, the new visitor’s centre for the Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth passage graves in the Boyne Valley. It was quite odd to have this hi-tech centre... |
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 | Car rental/Drive to Cootehill
2003-01-06, Cavan, Ireland. By: chefortune | | We checked out of Jury’s and were still unsure of how we would travel, so we headed to the train station in a last-ditch attempt to find Tom’s missing camera. It finally turned up, just when we were a... |
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 | Limerick Day 2 - WaWas and Shibin
2003-01-05, Limerick, Ireland. By: chefortune | | We stayed on an extra day in Limerick so Tom could try to find his camera, and to go see a rugby match with Tony.
Having a latish morning, we headed out up the city along O’Connell Street, down t... |
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 | Limerick - George's Birthday/McGuire's
2003-01-04, Limerick, Ireland. By: chefortune | | In the (early) morning, we nursed hangovers with tea and toast (upon seeing the chunk missing in the loaf of bread, Teneile winked and informed the group there were mice in the kitchen the previous ev... |
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 | Tir Na Nog Tour Day 2
2003-01-03, Blarney, Ireland. By: chefortune | | After having a group breakfast in the hostel, we loaded up the bus and set off for Co. Kerry, stopping off first at Blarney Castle along the way.
Winter is definitely the season to come here, as t... |
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 | Tir Na Nog Tour Day 1
2003-01-02, Kildare, Ireland. By: chefortune | | Despite our planned-for early start in order to get ready and move towards the backpacker bus pick-up point on time, with five of us and only one bathroom it was a squeeze and we made it to our tour j... |
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| Dirty Old Town
2003-01-01, Dublin, Ireland. By: chefortune | | Still destroyed from Hogmanay night, we had to spend a few hours waiting in Dublin Airport for Tom, whose flight from Frankfurt was delayed and then he was stopped by immigration for an hour and quest... |
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 | Last day of work...
2002-09-06, Belfast, Ireland. By: irishsteph | | Whoopee its my last day at work. I hope Openwave can manage without me...I wouldnt want the place to collapse when I leave ;) We went out to Ba Soba for lunch. Its a lovely Japanese restaurant... yumm... |
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 | Today I kissed the Blarney Stone
2001-09-10, Cork, Ireland. By: luv2travl | | Many people have said that Blarney Castle is not worth the hype. I disagree, the castle was amazing. I expected the ruin to in more of a ruin. Infact, the castle was very erect. We climbed the very na... |
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| Oh, Kilkenny!!!
2001-09-09, Kilkenny, Ireland. By: luv2travl | | If you only had a few days in Ireland and didn't know where to go. I would highly recommend Kilkenny. It is so picturesque with the medival castle owned by the Butler family from 1391 to 1967. They so... |
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| Whats up!!!
2001-09-07, Dublin, Ireland. By: luv2travl | | Greetings from Ireland! I started to type a long explanation of what we have been doing since we arrived but the journal didn't go through. I can't promise this one will be as long but I'll try to con... |
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