Mar 15, 2012

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Lonely Planet Dublin Guide FREE for St Patrick’s Day

Lonely Planet Dublin Guide FREE for St Patrick’s Day

Lonely Planet is getting into the St Patrick’s Day spirit by offering a version of their Dublin City Guide for FREE with their Guides, Phrasebooks, and Maps App. The offer runs in the iTunes store until until 11:59 pm PST on March 17. Since we have a really slooooow internet connection today, we didn’t get to download the app to confirm Dublin is in there. If you...

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Mar 15, 2012

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Tour a Part of Ireland’s Sacred Past: Follow the St. Patrick Trail

Tour a Part of Ireland’s Sacred Past: Follow the St. Patrick Trail

Amid all the celebrations, shamrocks, and green beer it’s easy to forget that St. Patrick was a real man. In Northern Ireland you can easily follow St. Patrick’s footsteps. It’s all marked out for you in a 92-mile drive with 15 key sites. Or, you can just hit some of the highlights. When driving in Northern Ireland you might see these signs marking the...

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Mar 14, 2012

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FREEBIE: The Myths, Legends, and Lore of Ireland

FREEBIE: The Myths, Legends, and Lore of Ireland

In the lead up to St Patrick’s Day, “The Myths, Legends, and Lore...

Mar 9, 2012

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The Secrets to Blending in at an Irish Pub Reveale...

The Secrets to Blending in at an Irish Pub Revealed!

When most people come to visit Ireland, they have a long list of places to see...

Mar 7, 2012

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Look What We Made: The Charms of Ireland

Look What We Made: The Charms of Ireland

For the last few months, Corey and I have been trying to come up with...

Mar 5, 2012

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What Are You Doing for St Patrick’s Day This...

What Are You Doing for St Patrick’s Day This Year?

It seems every Irish Firesider we meet has some sort of St Patrick’s Day...

Mar 4, 2012

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When is the Best Time to Visit Ireland?

When is the Best Time to Visit Ireland?

  Any day is a good day to visit Ireland, but depending on your...

Mar 4, 2012

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Nominate Your Favorite Irish-Interest Websites, Ap...

Nominate Your Favorite Irish-Interest Websites, Apps, and Blogs!

We’re gearing up for St. Paddy’s Day, and for the all-things-Irish...

Mar 3, 2012

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Last Dinner On the Titanic

Last Dinner On the Titanic

Little did the First Class passengers onboard the RMS Titanic know that many...

Mar 1, 2012

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Artists Explore American/Irish fusion in Their Wor...

Artists Explore American/Irish fusion in Their Work

We’ve got our eyes on the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s...

Mar 1, 2012

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Irish and Celtic Music Jackpot

Irish and Celtic Music Jackpot

Here’s an exciting find. Celtic harpist Anne Roos has teamed up with...

Feb 28, 2012

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Parkes Castle and Lough Gill

Parkes Castle and Lough Gill

Located 7.5 miles (12km) from Sligo town, Parkes Castle and a driving tour...

Feb 25, 2012

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Fairy Trees

Fairy Trees

While most folks in Ireland today will tell you they’ve left the fairy...

Feb 17, 2012

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1900s Ireland Comes to Life in Vivid Color

1900s Ireland Comes to Life in Vivid Color

Christy over at Green Dragon Artist introduced us to this video which uses...

Feb 15, 2012

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My Ireland: Irish Music from Martin Byrne Giveaway

My Ireland: Irish Music from Martin Byrne Giveaway

We’ve got a little something to ward off the winter blahs… some...

Feb 1, 2012

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St. Brigid… Ireland’s Other Patron Sai...

St. Brigid… Ireland’s Other Patron Saint

Ireland’s Other Patron Saint Besides St. Patrick and St. Columcille...

Jan 30, 2012

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10 Weird Things You Never Knew Came from Irish Inv...

10 Weird Things You Never Knew Came from Irish Inventors

The folks over at GoIreland.com put together a charming infographic featuring...

Jan 26, 2012

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Rainbow Over Dublin

Rainbow Over Dublin

I simply can’t resist the charm of this Irish lottery video. And...

Jan 24, 2012

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Raising Intercultural Kids

Raising Intercultural Kids

We get a lot of requests for tips for traveling with children… and...

Jan 14, 2012

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Because We All Need a Bit of an Ireland Fix

Because We All Need a Bit of an Ireland Fix

Every once in a while it’s nice to be swept away to Ireland....

Jan 1, 2012

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Best of 2011 from the Irish Fireside

Best of 2011 from the Irish Fireside

It was a big year for Ireland. Well-known visitors, a bump in tourism numbers,...

Dec 31, 2011

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Some Irish Toasts for 2012

Some Irish Toasts for 2012

It’s almost 2012 (at least in my corner of the world), and I was...

Dec 28, 2011

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Poitín: Irish Moonshine

Poitín: Irish Moonshine

Irish Moonshine from Richard Bangs on Vimeo. Richard Bangs has a very nice...

Dec 26, 2011

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Ding Dong Denny’s History of Ireland

Ding Dong Denny’s History of Ireland

Ireland’s Brown Bag Films made this animated short in 2008… now...