March 17th – The wintry showers and scattered snow flakes seemed to be heaven’s way of endorsing the events this year. Then again, if you have lived in Ireland long enough, you know not to pay so much heed to the weather. It’s St. Patrick’s Day (Lá Fhéile Pádraig as my Irish friends will say) or ‘Paddy’s day’ as we like to refer to this day in a more secular way. It is my first ever Paddy’s day …
Having lived in Dublin all these years, I never really appreciated the beauty of the city. After all these years, I have come to love and still love Dublin and in the words of Dublin’s most famous poet James Joyce “When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.” taitneamh a bhaint as átha Cliath Here are my favourite places to visit and things to see in Dublin. .Dublin Zoo/Phoenix park: The day started …
The Rock of Dunamase is a popular historic attraction found overlooking the valley of the O’Moores, just outside Portlaoise, County Laoise on the M7 Dublin road to Portlaoise. This is one of the tourist places not frequently mentioned in the tourism industry in Ireland. Having procrastinated so much about visiting this great relic, partly because it is a bit difficult to access as there is no organised tour to the site and it is off a narrow country road, I finally made …
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Its Friday finally!!!.. Excited…after months and months of procrastinating, this trip is to be after all. I am making the first official trip for MyDreamEscapade first destination, Innis Mór Aran Island. The Island of Inis Mór (the big Island) as the name suggests is the biggest of the 3 Aran Islands lying in a North – Westerly direction across Galway Bay. The Island is approximately 12km in length and 3km in width. Bag packed, camera …
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Hug fáilte go Baile Átha Cliath!!!….Welcome to Dublin…the home of Guinness and the drinking capital of Europe with some amazing pubs and bars Irish pubs and drinking is steeped in culture and lore. From the time of the opening of the first pub in Ireland in 1198 till date, Traditional Irish Pubs has been the centre of socialization, relaxation, storytelling, singing competition and most importantly rumours and gossip telling in the society. You can be …
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