This Weeks Headlines – Irish Travel

corey says…Here are our favorite Irish Travel/Irish Interest headlines from the last few days. Get them as we post via Twitter… www.twitter.com/IrishFireside

• Poll: How do you like your Irish Music? www.diddlyi.com/profiles/blogs/poll-how-do-you-like-your (surprised by the results)
• We’ve put together a list of new and prospective UNESCO heritage sites in Ireland www.diddlyi.com/profiles/blogs/the-most-wonderful-places-in
• TIP: Using public transport to tour Ireland? Dublin, Galway, Killarney & Belfast are great daytrip hubs.
• Bones may mark grave of 57 Irish immigrants news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_us/irish_immigrants_grave
• An Irish Holy Well How-To: www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland–UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d14-Holy-wells-of-Ireland-and-England-heal-heart-and-soul-and-maybe-other-stuff
• Ireland wants to improve cycling infrastructure. www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0420/breaking60.htm
• RT @EngagingIreland: Our fave website for finding Irish megaliths and antiquities & other sites of interest. www.megalithomania.com
• Interview with a leprechaun. www.irishfireside.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/a-chat-with-an-extra-large-leprechaun
• Tips for taking great photos in Ireland. www.irishfireside.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/taking-great-photos-in-ireland
• Are you thinking of using a mobile phone in Ireland? www.irishfireside.com/54mobile.htm
• Translate Irish to English here. Online Dictionary. www.irishdictionary.ie (via @IrishRootsCafe)
• He Throws Cursed piece of Titanic back into Cork Harbour www.examiner.ie/ireland/idsneycwgb/rss2/ (via @IrishRootsCafe)
• The Many Meanings of “Oireachtas” www.transparent.com/irish/2009/04/18/the-many-meanings-of-%E2%80%9Coireachtas(via @irishlanguage)
• Tips for travel to Northern Ireland from the N.I. Tourist Board: www.geographia.com/northern-ireland/ukitip01.htm (via @EngagingIreland)
• It doesn’t mean go shopping: RT @irishlanguage: “go mall”: adverb meaning “slowly” in Irish. www.transparent.com/wotd/today/irish.htm?date=04-17-2009
• TIP: Ireland’s best touring peninsulas: Dingle, Beara, Iveragh, Hook Head, Cooley & Inishowen.
• RT @IrishRootsCafe: An online Guide to the National Library of Ireland http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=3126 #Irish
• True love the key, says Belfast 107-year-old www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0417/breaking58.htm
• One of Europe’s most prestigious literature & arts festivals is on its way to Belfast http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8003768.stm
• Shannon, Ireland’s “Other” Airport http://irishfireside.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/shannon-irelands-other-airport/
• TIP: Shannon Airport (SNN) on the west coast is a great alternative to Dublin (DUB).
• RT @soultravelers3, @kimmance, @eyeflare: “Where to buy goods confiscated by the TSA” www.eyeflare.com/article/where-buy-goods-confiscated-tsa
• TIP: Newgrange is cool, but Loughcrew passage tomb is older with fewer tourists.
• Irish farmer from County Tyrone finds 3,000 yr old bracelet in field. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8001824.stm
• Unusual facts about Ireland www.associatedcontent.com/article/1506498/ireland_unusual_facts.html
• TIP: Temple Bar in Dublin is both the name of a bar AND an area of the city.
• It’s a shame the midlands get overlooked. Maybe it’s better to keep them a secret anyway. www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/ireland/ireitin.htm
• Shannon Airport handles emergency landing of Italian plane. www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0415/breaking64.htm
• RT @marc_gunn: Read the cool CD Baby review: cdbaby.com/cd/mgtdtc5
• RT @craig_martin: How can you save on airfares during this recession? www.indietravelpodcast.com/article/save-airfares-recession/ from @globtrav