Bog men gay?

June 12, 2010
A few years ago, a couple bodies of murdered Iron Age men in their 20s were recovered from peat bogs in Ireland. This was a HUGE archeological find and we saw them on...
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Slán a fhágáil – farewell

June 12, 2010
In Ireland there are no strangers,only friends you haven't met before.--AnonymousWe bid farewell to Ireland in the morning with many wonderful memories. Chief among...
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Last Dublin walkabout this trip

June 12, 2010
Where did you meet the love of your life? Will tour guides point it out one day? This is where James Joyce met his Nora.Ireland loves its writers.On a pub wall: one of...
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Beauty, god, solitude & community

June 12, 2010
Glendalough was today's destination, a monastic community that dates back to the 6th century, very early in Christianity. St. Kevin (only a saint in Ireland, not in the...
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Veteran Traveler – Storypeople

June 12, 2010
carries a lot of suitcases but all of them are empty because she's expecting to completely fill them with life by the end of this trip & then she'll come home...
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Oscar Wilde, scarlet jammies & Dublin

June 11, 2010
When the actor playing the fey Algernon in tonight's performance of Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest walked out in his red silk pajamas and dressing gown, I was...
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About Patrick

June 11, 2010
I have never met more men named Patrick than I have here.Ever.I would say a good eight out of every 10 Irish men have the name.And they actually DO call Patricks...
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Ireland’s finest national treasure

June 11, 2010
Some say it's Guiness, others claim it's Jameson. Based on what I've seen so far, it could be haunting music. Or even great-looking men. But actually, it's the Book of...
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Wild mountain thyme

June 11, 2010
This is another tune they did it last night at the Irish house party. It may take me a while to figure out how to load those videos, so in the meantime, we wanted to...
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Thanks, Henry the 8th

June 11, 2010
If you know your British history or you are a fan of the TV show, The Tudors, then you know that old horndog, King Henry the Eighth, co-opted all the Catholic churches...
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