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Finals in Ireland - A New Experience
... on a weekend. Its very very busy up until Christmas Eve. Well, in Galway they do it differently. Here we get a full week off of classes to study and then our finals span two weeks. AND we still get off a full week before Christmas! I only have one final during the last week so I get to go home extra extra early.
In addition to the longer duration, final exams are worth much much more than I'm used to. Back in the states our ...
Gort
... how excited they really are for this game. Everywhere you go, there's a maroon and white flag or jersey hanging in sight. It's really cool how intense they are here about supporting their local team. It's nothing like in the States in this aspect.
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Carnival Barker Third Eye Blind
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From Aran Isles to Galway and west
... the story on the coarse Aran jerseys. Back in the day they were knitted here and each family had their own particular cable or other pattern to more easily identify their menfolk if lost in the treachorous seas. Bade fond farewell to Doolin and headed for the coastal trip to Galway, more landscape thrills ahead, and not concerned what time we hit the city. Note here- the rhodos of Scotland are replaced by miles of red fuchsia bushes lining the roads, ...
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
... were verified and those I told seemed quite impressed. Our first stop for the day however, was only a quick one, just on the side of a road to take a quick photo of a castle, one with a pretty violent history and woman. Leamaneh Castle was home to one crazy woman named Máire ní Mahon or 'Red Mary' and her husband Connor o'Brian. They ruled over a substantial bit of land as they were part of the o'Brian clan that had control of the Clare county, but one day in ...
Galway Hooker
... really do kick above their weight in the music department, except when it comes to Westlife. It may have been an insufferably wet, miserable day today, but so keen were we to escape the grimness of Cong that even being cast out into the wind and rain was going to feel like blessed release. We arrived at Croagh Patrick mountain ready for a quick hike up, however the wind blowing my umbrella inside out and snapping the frame in multiple locations ...
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