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Ireland - Londonderry's Most Historic Day
- 2007-01-04
The historic city of Derry or Londonderry is Ireland's oldest city and has witnessed a great deal of strife in its 4,000 year history, but none quite as momentous as what occurred in May 1945.This was... -
Ireland - Land Of The Dance
- 2007-01-04
Over the centuries Ireland developed a unique style of dance, but it's only in recent years it has come to the attention of the wider world -- and here's why.During the interval at the 1994 Eurovision... -
Ireland - Belfast: the Floating City
- 2007-01-04
Just like Venice and Amsterdam, Belfast is not an ideal place to build a city. But the needs of trade, rather than common sense, dictated its location and here's why.For over 5,000 years the River Boy... -
Ireland - The Unique Racecourse With The Very Soft Going
- 2007-01-04
Horse racing has always played a big part in Irish life. But one race meeting that only takes place once a year is totally unique and here's why.Ever since 1897 a once a year race meeting has been hel... -
Ireland - Dublin: The Irish Capital Hardly Ever Irish
- 2007-01-04
Dublin, capital of southern Ireland, has existed on the River Liffey for 1,100 years. Yet it has only been truly Irish for less than 100 of those -- and here's why.The Vikings from Scandinavia, were o... -
I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen - but to where?
- 2006-12-24
The popular song, "I'll take you home again Kathleen" was written in 1876 and immortalized by singers Count John McCormack and Josef Locke. It is a song of longing for the land from whence the writer... -
Forget Barbados - Northern Ireland Is The Place To Be!
- 2006-11-28
Tourism is booming in Northern Ireland! Given the political troubles of past years, that might be about as dubious a proposition as a day trip to Iraq. So here's the "craic" -- as they say in Ireland...
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