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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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Ireland's national cemetery, Glasnevin in Dublin

If this was not in fact the highest point in Dublin, it certainly felt like it. After climbing the 198 steps to the top of Glasnevin Cemetery's Daniel O’Connell Tower (below) -  Ireland's highest round tower - I was able to gaze over the entire city, laid out almost like a map. It stretched from the western limits, past the airport to the north, by way of the Hill of Howth, the Irish Sea and the Liffey River mouth round to the Dublin Mountains in the south. This amazing revelation was the…

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Kinsale, jewel of Ireland's south coast

With its deep water harbour and a population of a bit over 5,200, the town of Kinsale in County Cork has been an important sea port for more than 1,500 years. St Multose founded a monastery here in the 6th century, and the early Celtic settlement that grew up around the estuary was later supplanted by a Viking trading post. The Normans fortified the town in the 13th century, and over the next 200 years it developed as a centre for fishing and shipbuilding. read post

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  • Brendan Harding January 24, 2010 at 3:01pm
    Fan's of Ireland might like to read one of the articles on my blog about the dissappearing 'Genuine' Irish Pul.
    http://brendanharding.blogspot.com/2009/08/ma-murphys-and-disappear...
    Ma Murphy's and the disappearing Irish pub
    Travel stories from around the world.
  • David Paul Appell October 16, 2009 at 9:01pm
    In honor of the late Stephen Gately, this week's Top Tune is the latest from Irish boy band Boyzone, "Love You Anyway" (after Sunday, you can find it in our music archive).
  • Nancy Jaeger September 17, 2009 at 6:58am
    I have read McCarthy's Bar and have been to Ireland 10 times. One of my favorite places!
  • Ruth Kuehn August 14, 2009 at 7:41pm
    I read McCarthy's Bar and a newer one that I can't remember the title of right now. Unfortunately I don't think the author is still with us. I loved the books.
  • Ruth Kuehn August 14, 2009 at 7:39pm
    Dublin is my favorite city followed closely by Belfast in NI. Dublin is a "happening place" - a recent guide on a tour told us that average age is 28 - this is probably due to the many colleges and Universities that tend to create a lot of energy. For a capital city it is surprisingly compact for walking the City Centre - people, as always, are friendly, helpful and gracious. I always try to stay over extra days in Dublin after a tour to see new places and revisit old ones. Not to mention to see the ever popular Irish Cabaret (now at Three Rocks) with the howlingly funny Noel V. Ginnity.
  • David Paul Appell August 14, 2009 at 4:00pm
    Fans of the Oud Sod may want to have a look at the travel memoir McCarthy's Bar, described in this week's go-lo blog post by member Jacy Meyer.
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