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Daily Travel Snapshot: County Clare Ireland
Blog: WildJunket - 7 August 2011
Despite the dreary weather, the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland still looked dreamily stunning.
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Olfactory Gold in Ireland
Blog: Suzy Guese - 23 March 2011
I have never been someone with “the nose”. I can’t break down scents to know exactly what types of flowers fill them. I couldn’t tell you one flower from the next. However, I do know when a scent is for me. Our noses are incredibly choosey when it comes to scents. It is perhaps one [...]
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Wildflowers in the Burren
Blog: Irish Fireside - 15 March 2011
The exposed limestone landscape that covers 250 square kilometres (155 square miles) of County Clare, Ireland, is often described as desolate or as a moonscape. In the mid-1600s Edmund Ludlow described it as, “a country where there is not enough water to drown a man, wood enough to hang one, nor earth enough to bury [...]
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Melodies and Irish fire: Fidil and Edel Fox
Blog: Music Road - 25 October 2010
Fire on fire is one way you could describe Donegal fiddle style. Aidan O Donnell, Cíarán Ó Maonaigh, and Damien Mc Geehan, who make up the group Fidil, build that flame higher on Fidil 3.
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Up, Up and Away at the Cliffs of Moher
Blog: Irish Fireside - 8 September 2010
School children took part in a launch of biodegradable balloons at the Cliffs of Moher yesterday in an effort to encourage voting in the New7Wonders of Nature. The Cliffs are one of 28 finalists in the international competition that will be determined by public vote. Each balloon was printed with the ‘Vote for the Cliffs’ [...]
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Greenery, Cliffs and Beach Towns of Ireland
Blog: WildJunket - 24 July 2010
In a country like Ireland – sprawled with patchworks of greenery and rural life – a driving trip would be the best way to explore its countryside and cities, and get a real taste of the country.
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A little difficulty…Driving on the other side is hard!
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 17 November 2009
“Umm, did you hear that sound?” I oh, so casually ask Laura as we drive out of minuscule town of Doolin, on our way to the Cliffs of Moher. Laura, partially deaf in one ear bless her heart, gives a definitive shake of her head and then re-launches into her story as I can’t shake the nagging feeling like something just happened to the car after the absolutely massive pot-hole I ploughed over at speedy 55 kilometers an hour. With an ear tuned toward Laura’s story I continue carefully navigating my puttering ...
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Galway & County Clare: Music to my Eyes
Blog: 12FOOT3 - 2 November 2009
As a visually-oriented person, most memories of the places we’ve traveled come back to me in snapshots: that incredible field of wildflowers near Milford Sound in New Zealand, beautiful children trying to sell us trinkets at the Temples of Angkor in Cambodia, the infinite abyss of ocean off Shirahama in Japan. Despite my visual leanings, [...]
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Will Your Visit Damage the Burren?
Blog: Irish Fireside - 1 October 2009
Visitors have made a habit of creating their own mini-dolmens in County Clare. Mini-dolmen, originally uploaded by hexcalibur. The rocky, karst landscape of the Burren in County Clare stands in stark contrast to lush hills of the rest of Ireland. Home to a unique ecosystem and collection ancient, man-made stone structures, the area has also [...]
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