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... 3 months and us needing to save absolutely everything that we can since he has started work, we don't get to go out much - well not to stuff that costs money. Therefore we haven't really had much opportunity to meet new people and make new friends here. We are very lucky that I was introduced to Roisin through an old work friend of mine back home, as Roisin is just about our only friend here in Dublin. She is lovely and takes us out a ...

... important :); their heat didn't work; their rooms - well, you get the picture. So back to the details; we left Dunboyne in a cab driven by a man named Paddy (how Irish is that)? He had agreed to take 6 of us from the tour into Dublin for a reasonable (or so it seemed - I have to say that everything is expensive here - even from the point of view of a New Yorker) flat rate. Funny thing, mind you. He dropped us off at the wrong place! A place called Mercer Court ...

So, now we have a new place to live! It is not in Stillorgan, as the map pin suggests, but it is mighty close and thought it was the best map pin option! It is slightly north of the pin location, close to Booterstown and the University College Dublin. Let me back up a little..... As previous entries mention, we were looking for a new place to live, which got sped up a little with the confrontations with house mates. After we missed out on that other room, we ...

... They had interesting displays for the Book of Kells - including information and stories about the Book of Armagh and the Book of Durrow. The illumination on these manuscripts is incredible. I'd never imagined the books to be as small as they are - nor as shiny... the colours were made out of grinding precious stones - so imagine the value and the time invested into these books! My favourite poem they had on display: PANGUR BAN I and Pangur Ban my cat 'Tis a like task we are at ...

... festival enveloping the city each September. One such idol, a massive, vibrantly colorful structure, sees a snaking 2km procession of devotees waiting to give thanks, grows larger by the second. As we near our destination, the city starts to appear like any other, as large buildings, shops and parkland dominate the view, a more structured and familiar surround which has us passing the impressive CST train station, (Mumbai's main station with 2.5 million passing through ...

Hi, When i go away, I'll be using travelpod to keep pics,stories and blogs, so if you need an update, you'll get a message on bebo or facebook when I've added something new, so you can click the link and check it out if you want. It will be as honest as possible,so hopefully i wont upset anyone! and some craic in there ...

... massive cliffs facing the Atlantic Ocean, thankfully no one fell off, and of course saw some wild sheep. We heard stories from our guide about surfing in these waters, wearing full body wetsuits, in the dead of winter. And how locals who own one of the cliff-islands throw their sheep into the water to climb up the cliff face and graze on the island. Then, the sheep dogs do the same to herd them right off the island and into the water, from where the farmers ...

... at the Jameson Distellery complete with free whiskey and Irish coffee to go along with the four course dinner and entertainment (again contradicting my statements about drinking). I forgot to mention that in Derry we had a tour guide that was 1/2 Chinese and 1/2 Irish (and self proclaimed only Buddhist in Derry). It was rather odd hearing an Irish accent from Ronan MacNamara who looked Chinese but sounded Irish. Anyway, off to have my morning pint. God Bless Ireland.

... saw Kilmainham Gaol jail, the huge Victorian jail that held Dublin's petty offenders, and the men that started the Easter Uprising of 1916 were executed. It was pretty cool. If you were in Mr. Bang's class, we learned about the Easter Uprising in Irish Lit so seeing that place was interesting. Kind of a creepy place though. I visited the Irish Museum of Modern Art as well. I saw paintings by Georgia O'Keefe, an American painter. I learned about her ...