Fun Facts About Ireland

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Northern Ireland Police Attacked in Belfast Catholic District  
Northern Ireland police officers were attacked with gasoline bombs and paint-filled missiles in a Catholic neighborhood of Belfast for a second successive ...

Ireland From Space  Not rated yet
Ireland From Space

If wearing green and watching a parade isn't enough for you this St. Patrick's Day, NASA has unveiled the emerald day's Irish homeland ...

Irish Sea  Not rated yet
Irish Sea

In looking at the calendar, today is St. Patrick's Day. That's when people in America sort of pretend they are Irish. There's no other holiday ...

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day  Not rated yet
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

The St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the United States may bring beer, parades and green attire to mind. However, studying ...

River in Dublin  Not rated yet
River in Dublin

There is arguably no place more central to Ireland’s capital than the River Liffey, snaking its way through the city and dividing Dublin ...

Leprechaun Museum Opens in Dublin  Not rated yet
Leprechaun Museum Opens in Dublin

Tourist attraction that claims to be the world's first-ever leprechaun museum is dedicated to the mythical mischief-...

Four Leaf Clovers - How They Form  Not rated yet
Four leaf clovers - how they form...

The leaves of clover plants are said to hold the luck o' the Irish when they sport four leaves. This myth likely ...

Traditional Irish Dishes - Video  Not rated yet
Traditional Irish Dishes - Video

St. Patrick's Day is here, and in addition to green garb and copious beer, there are plenty of traditional Irish dishes ...

Best Free Irish Music Online  Not rated yet
The best free Irish music online

Looking for Irish music? Online services have tons of free songs and videos for St. Patrick's Day. Here are three of ...

Ten Best Books About Ireland  Not rated yet
Ten best books about Ireland

Looking for something good to read on St. Patrick's Day? You've got your pick when it comes to both great Irish literature ...

Free Train Travel in Ireland  Not rated yet
Free Train Travel in Ireland

For travelers 66 years or older, Tourism Ireland is offering a Golden Trekker Pass: four days of unlimited free train travel ...

Kidnapped in Darfur...Home Again in Ireland  Not rated yet
DUBLIN — An Irish aid worker kidnapped in Darfur has arrived home to Ireland, greeted by her family for the first time since her release after 107 days ...

Kissing the Blarney Stone  Not rated yet
On our recent trip to the Republic of Ireland we stopped in the town of Tipperary where the 15-century Blarney Castle -- and the Blarney stone --are located....

Irish Child Abuse Stories Surfacing  Not rated yet
“My time there was just hell. There was just real coldness in there, no love was ever displayed and that is so difficult and confusing for a young child ...

U.K. Said to Drop Plan Requiring Passports on Travel to Ireland   Not rated yet
Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government will drop plans to tighten passport controls between Britain and its surrounding islands after resistance from ...