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A Ulysses Blog! By Ireland’s Ambassador Daniel Mulhall~
Daniel Mulhall is Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States shares his Ulysses Blog with us…a very enjoyable read! I first heard tell of James Joyce’s Ulysses when I was at Secondary School at Mount Sion CBS in Waterford around the year 1970. A teacher known for his radical views recommended it to a group of […]
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GLASGOW 2018 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Planning a visit to Scotland for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships? Find out everything you need to know before your trip with these handy questions and answers, including which sports you can see, ideas for great places to stay and what else you can do while you’re in Scotland. 1. WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS? […]
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Celtic Knot ~ Author Ann Shortell’s mystery novel!
Author Ann Shortell’s historical mystery novel, CELTIC KNOT, opens with the April 1868 assassination of Irish-Canadian poet-politician D’Arcy McGee on Sparks St. in Ottawa. And there’s a twist: the story of high-stakes politics, Fenian violence, religious intolerance and ethnic strife is told through the lens of an Irish immigrant housemaid and amanuensis named Clara Swift. […]
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A Flying Start for the 2018 Vintage of Writers’ Tears Cask Strength Whiskey
8th Release of the super-premium Writers’ Tears Cask Strength whiskey is limited to 5,175 bottles worldwide. The 2018 vintage of Writers’ Tears Cask Strength whiskey has been launched at an exclusive event hosted by the Aviators’ Whiskey Society on the periphery of Dublin’s International Airport in Ireland. The 2018 vintage is the 8th annual release of […]
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FIND YOUR INNER AVENGER: 8 AWESOME SUPERHERO ACTIVITIES
Where do superheroes go on holiday? Scotland of course! To celebrate Edinburgh featuring as a location in the newly released blockbuster movie Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War we’ve come up with a few suggestions for holiday ideas that will perfectly match your very own superhero traits. From strength and agility to speed and endurance, you’ll be able to put […]
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SCOTLAND’S NEWEST WHISKY DISTILLERIES IN 2018
You may already know that Scotland is rightly famed for producing the world’s finest whiskies, but did you know that each year there are more and more whisky distilleries popping up around the country? In 2017, seven new distilleries – Torabhaig, Isle of Raasay, Dornoch, Lindores Abbey, Clydeside, Bladnoch and Ncn’ean – started production. This […]
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The story of potato
When the Irish potato – as the Solanum tuberosum is widely known – was first introduced to these shores in 1586, it was initially thought of as animal feed. But we Irish quickly developed a love of the spud, which can be as delicious as it is nutritious. It is an excellent source of digestible […]
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The story of seaweed
Ireland has a rich heritage of harvesting and eating all sorts of “sea vegetables”, as leaders in the recent culinary revival of seaweeds prefer to call them. Carrageen was a traditional base for wobbly, jelly-style puddings. Sleabhac (nori) was known as a powerful folk tonic, an aphrodisiac and a treatment for gout, and pickled sleabhac […]
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Critically acclaimed circus troupe to return to Galway International Arts Festival with frenetic new
Galway International Arts Festival is delighted to announce new acts Galway International Arts Festival is delighted to announce that the sensational circus and physical theatre group Gravity & Other Myths will return to the Galway International Arts Festival in 2018 with their critically acclaimed new show Backbone. With jaw-dropping virtuosity and extraordinarily disciplined teamwork […]
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Great Lighthouses of Ireland ‘Shine a Light’ on Summer
Shine A Light on Summer Festival is taking place from top to toe on the island of Ireland at five of our Great Lighthouses Shine A Light on Summer Festival is taking place from top to toe on the island of Ireland at fiveour Great Lighthouses – at Fanad Head in the wilds of Donegal, at […]