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Intervarsities
This weekend, I went to Belfast for volleyball intervarsities, a tournament for all the college teams in Ireland. The first day was actually Thursday, but I missed this since I was in Dublin for the Naughton's Thanksgiving dinner. We went 1-5 in our pool play this day so we went to the lowest bracket for the tourney. On Friday, we had a pool play with 4 teams to determine the seeds for the actual playoff style ...
Tea w/Lord Mayor, Cooking & Meeting with ex-IRA,
... when we showed up the crowds flocked to Basil and the news came to us, and everyone started asking him questions that were very politically charged. I felt bad for him, all he wanted to do was show us what was going on, and he was getting grilled with really slanted questions. When he showed up he almost sparked more anxiety among the police and the crowd. Helicopters were flying overhead, there were big armored police cars blocking the streets, ...
The Greatest Night with the Greatest Friends
... chocolate. We also bought some wine to celebrate. We later would find that this was not enough food!
We went back to the house and began cooking and cleaning for our party. The guests soon began to arrive. Some of them included; Donna, Jamie, Basil, Tim's family, The board members of the St. Patrick Center, and many more familiar faces. We all chatted and ate away at the delicious food.
After a while, the ...
3 More Great Days!
... Grandfather is commonly known as the founder of the state. He abolished the remaining powers of the monarch by establishing the Ireland Act of 1949. In some ways, his grandfather was kind-of like the George Washington of Ireland.
We had some free time to wander Dublin today, and we had a little drive around Dublin to tour it. We walked past the Molly Malone statue, and wandered through St. Stephen's Green and Phoenix park and capped of ...
Day 4
... N. Ireland should be part of Ireland and the other believes it should remain strongly loyal to the Queen, and this is just the surface of how deep and extensive these differences are. Despite these differences however, these people are actually friends! In their Parliament, it is looked down upon to bash another politician if he/she is not in agreement because it is seen as a step backward in the "peace process." Their politics are ...
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