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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...
Read MoreTour 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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FREEBIE: The Myths, Legends, and Lore of Ireland
In the lead up to St Patrick’s Day, “The Myths, Legends, and Lore...
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The Secrets to Blending in at an Irish Pub Reveale...
When most people come to visit Ireland, they have a long list of places to see...
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Look What We Made: The Charms of Ireland
For the last few months, Corey and I have been trying to come up with...
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What Are You Doing for St Patrick’s Day This...
It seems every Irish Firesider we meet has some sort of St Patrick’s Day...
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When is the Best Time to Visit Ireland?
Any day is a good day to visit Ireland, but depending on your...
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Nominate Your Favorite Irish-Interest Websites, Ap...
We’re gearing up for St. Paddy’s Day, and for the all-things-Irish...
Last Dinner On the Titanic
Little did the First Class passengers onboard the RMS Titanic know that many...
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Artists Explore American/Irish fusion in Their Wor...
We’ve got our eyes on the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s...
Irish and Celtic Music Jackpot
Here’s an exciting find. Celtic harpist Anne Roos has teamed up with...
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Parkes Castle and Lough Gill
Located 7.5 miles (12km) from Sligo town, Parkes Castle and a driving tour...
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Fairy Trees
While most folks in Ireland today will tell you they’ve left the fairy...
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1900s Ireland Comes to Life in Vivid Color
Christy over at Green Dragon Artist introduced us to this video which uses...
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My Ireland: Irish Music from Martin Byrne Giveaway
We’ve got a little something to ward off the winter blahs… some...
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St. Brigid… Ireland’s Other Patron Sai...
Ireland’s Other Patron Saint Besides St. Patrick and St. Columcille...
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10 Weird Things You Never Knew Came from Irish Inv...
The folks over at GoIreland.com put together a charming infographic featuring...
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Rainbow Over Dublin
I simply can’t resist the charm of this Irish lottery video. And...
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Raising Intercultural Kids
We get a lot of requests for tips for traveling with children… and...
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Because We All Need a Bit of an Ireland Fix
Every once in a while it’s nice to be swept away to Ireland....
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Best of 2011 from the Irish Fireside
It was a big year for Ireland. Well-known visitors, a bump in tourism numbers,...
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Some Irish Toasts for 2012
It’s almost 2012 (at least in my corner of the world), and I was...
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Poitín: Irish Moonshine
Irish Moonshine from Richard Bangs on Vimeo. Richard Bangs has a very nice...
Ding Dong Denny’s History of Ireland
Ireland’s Brown Bag Films made this animated short in 2008… now...




