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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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3 fascinating places to visit in Dublin that aren't pubs

Ah, the famous Irish pub. This country's capital is reckoned to have 751 of them, and its convivial pub life is for many visitors a big part of the city's allure. But there are also a number of remarkable sights highlighting the richness of Dublin's history. Here are three of my favorites: read post

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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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Allan Lynch February 20, 2011 at 10:33pm

Now, the last time I was in western Ireland, I spent a couple of nights in Killarney and there were several bus companies which used the hotel I was at. Most evenings I made my way around the town's pubs which were filled with singin'-their-hearts-out bus groups. They all seemed to have done the Dingle loop. That was two years ago. I don't know if things have changed since then.
Ruth Kuehn February 20, 2011 at 10:16pm

Reading itineraries of the major tour companies that do Ireland. I have friends/clients that did a fly/drive to Ireland (before I got them)and when I asked if they went to Dingle replied "No, everyone here said there was nothing there to see". While I am glad to see an awarenes program for Dingle, I also have mixed emotions about it being the next "must go" in Ireland.
Allan Lynch February 20, 2011 at 9:50pm

I don't know what you're reading, but the Dingle is featured in virtually every article written about the Irish countryside. Geez, I think I've done about seven pieces on it and included it in others. It's beautiful and well-known. If anything, I was afraid editors were getting a little tired of it.
Ruth Kuehn February 20, 2011 at 9:35pm

I agree about Dingle - Kodak moments everywhere and friendly people plus lunch at John Bennies.. Sadly overlooked by most tour companies. I go every chance I can get. Another sadly overlooked experience is the National Irish Folk Theatre in Tralee. I have been twice and plan to go again during my upcoming tour (my 13th) in April. Singing and Dancing and sometimes tearjerking and all in Gaelic. We are given a Cheat Sheet but you don't really need it - you will understand every word, movement and emotion.
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.