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2008-09-02 Ireland - Giants Causeway in January: Thank you Justin for choosing to visit Ireland and of course we are always anxious to encourage off-peak visitors. However I am independent of all commercial tourist activities here and the answer to...
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2008-09-02 Irish Culture - Irish culture: Dear Eva, Well let's try to narrow them down. First, the little chant would usually be 'blood of an Englishman' but as you know American films are sometimes edited to diminish racism (sometimes). An...
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2008-08-26 Ireland - dark irish: Dark Irish may be one of two distinct explanations. 1) In the Georgian times; groups of men formed para military armies against Catholics that evolved into what we know as the Orange Order; those who...
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2008-08-26 Irish Culture - dark irish: Dear Jean, The 'dark Irish' or 'black Irish' generally refer to Irish folks in the West of Ireland. The Spanish armada washed up on the Irish coast having been wrecked in a storm after confrontation...
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2008-08-25 Irish Culture - food: Dear Jean, This is of course mythology. The ancient Irish had a balanced diet of farm animals (lamb, goat, pig, fowl) and sea creatures (salmon, whelk) together with grains which they raised or harvested...
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