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Dublin in "5 of Europe´s Top Destinations for Literary Travelers"

David Paul AppellFirst and foremost, Ireland´s capital is inextricably linked to early-20th-century novelist James Joyce, and few cities are as tightly mapped to a single work as Dublin is to his seminal novel Ulysses. Admirers can visit Sweny's, a pharmacy turned book and gift shop whose Victorian-era interior is preserved much as it appears in the novel, or stop at Davy Byrnes pub, another key location in protagonist Leopold Bloom’s journey. Perhaps the most atmospheric Joyce site of all is…

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Study in Ireland: A guide to the best scholarships and eligibility

David Paul Appell This country is home to some 40 institutions of higher education, including eight universitie, five technological universities, and several institues and colleges. And it´s ranked number six in the world in terms of the quality of its system of higher education, with high standards of academic excellence, student satisfaction, and post-graduation employment prospects. And as such, Ireland attracts tens of thousands of foreign students each year; the most recent published…

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Our wonderful recent tour of Ireland´s ´greatest hits´

David Paul Appell For many in the United States in particular – and not just those of Irish ancestry – visiting the Emerald Isle is a prime bucket lister. Yet in my nearly 40 years and 65 countries´ worth of travel as an adult, I had never gotten there. I was always interested in “different” – meaning mostly non-English-speaking – cultures, and Ireland had always struck me as somehow bland and uninteresting. That changed this year, as I determined to finally get a taste of the country I´d a…

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Experiencing Dublin on St. Patrick's Day

MediaProductions Every March 17th, the 5th-century Romano-British missionary who converted the Celts to Christianity, then became a bishop and eventually Irland´s patron saint is celebrated in more countries than any other national holiday, and of course it has special weight and significance here, where it´s a public holiday as well as a cultural and religious one. And if you happen to be visiting on this special day, you´re in for a treat, with various forms of festivities shamrocking the…

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Sarah Coghill February 19, 2011 at 9:25pm

thanks Allie, that is a huge compliment. I thought it was one of the most dramatic and beautiful places I had ever seen too. And thanks for the tip about the Dingle peninsular Michael..I will put it on my go to list for the next time I'm in Ireland. And apologies to all for my 'Island' typo!!
Michael O'Donovan February 19, 2011 at 7:48pm

The most dramatic places in Ireland are The Slea Head drive on the Dingle peninsula and the Antrim coast road from Belfast to Derry including the Giants Causway.A lot of excellent development work being carried on there at this time.
Allie McCoy February 19, 2011 at 5:45pm

Ms. Coghill, when I visited the Giants Causeway I thought it was the most dramatic place I had ever seen. These are the first photographs of the Causeway that give me that same feeling of awe.
Sarah Coghill February 19, 2011 at 3:08pm

Photographs from the hauntingly beautiful Antrim Coast of Northern Island. The Giants Causeway is other-worldly at dusk, and the coastline looks ever-more dramatic under stormy skies. Click here to view the image collection:

Antrim Coast Ireland gallery

I am based in Copenhagen and take on photography commissions worldwide. To see more travel images, visit the 'recent work' or 'portfolio' sections of my website www.whitelightgallery.com
overlandertv September 17, 2010 at 6:40am
Allan Lynch September 1, 2010 at 11:54pm

Allie - I haven't been back since the economy tanked. Fingers crossed. The sad thing was the speed with which the Irish economy grew. What goes up fast, tends to drop equally fast, if not faster. It seems to me that bankers in the US and UK and some other countries got into a pissing match to see who could be the most outrageous in their deals and bonuses and now the rest of the world is paying the price for their astonishingly unbanker-like behaviour and the blind eye given by their political friends. Last summer a friend of mine was buying shares in Lloyd's bank for 63 p!! They hadn't been that low in 200 years.

Thank gawd that in the 1990s, Canada had a self-made billionaire for a finance minister. When our chartered banks went to the government asking for deregulation so they could operate like the US and other international banks, he said no. Our banks are steady as a rock and kicking off bigger profits than ever.

When did bankers stop acting like bankers and become speculators? Pity they can't be jailed for their actions.
Allie McCoy September 1, 2010 at 8:28pm

I hope Irish Tourism's plan works. Ten years ago Ireland's economy was growing at a healthy pace, but I have read that now the Republic of Ireland is hurting as badly as the United States, or maybe even worse.
Allan Lynch August 29, 2010 at 5:31pm

Ed, what the travel figures don't tell you is that a lot of the travel from the UK to Ireland is of ex-pat's returning home for visits to family and friends. With the UK's shaky economy and job losses, many of those traditional travelers may be sitting on their cash or looking for work. There is a very large Irish community in the UK, just as there is in North America. There are five million people in Ireland, but 45 million of us with Irish roots in North America. A few years ago Irish Tourism began a campaign to target foreign-based Irish to return home to visit and to channel as much business as possible (opening branch plants, etc) to the homeland.
Ed Wetschler August 29, 2010 at 4:33pm

The number of visitors to Ireland declined 20% for the first half of 2010 vs. first half of 2009. Visitors from Canada and the USA are up a smidgeon, but numbers from Europe, especially the UK, are way down. I can't figure out if this is just because of the recession or if there's also some shift in travel preferences, a la early 1990s, when everyone decided to go to Tuscany.
Ed Wetschler August 12, 2010 at 6:56pm

NEW TAXES ON FLYING

The Baltimore Sun complains about "Europe's relatively new national visitor levies designed not only for revenue but also to discourage air travel. The UK's "air passenger duty" is the worst: Starting November, it will hit travelers leaving UK airports on flights to the United States with a stiff duty of 60 pounds (about $96) in economy class and 120 pounds in any premium class, including premium economy. Ireland imposes a less onerous tax of 10 euros (about $14) and Germany appears about to assess a similar levy of 26 euros (about $36) on air passengers." How will these taxes affect your travel?