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Don’t get me wrong, the (Irish) country side is very pretty, but I really am a city girl. Dublin just puts a smile on my face. I feel much more at home here now that I was traipsing around sheep … Continue reading →
03. October 2004 by Caroline
Categories: Ireland |
Tags: blokes, breakfast on pluto, chance meetings, city girl, doorstep, dublin, gaeltacht, gaffer, hot press, irish country, library bar, neil jordan, old friends, sheep dung, smile on my face, twang, vodka |
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(part I) (part II) Seamus is a big elderly American of Irish descent. He is in level 2. Of course he takes the car to drive around the corner to go shopping. On the third day he has a puncture. … Continue reading →
25. March 2002 by Caroline
Categories: Ireland |
Tags: beautiful view, benefactor, best bet, birgitta, bun, entire world, fog, frankness, gaeltacht, Ireland, irish descent, mackerel, nuns, oprah winfrey, oprah winfrey show, passage graves, peasoup, seamus, shopkeeper, third day, Travel, whiskey |
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(Peter made the mistake of mentioning Glencolmcille in the comments of my previous entry. I wrote this ten years ago.) ‘It’s the dialect!‘ Mary says. Originally from Dublin, she has lived in Leicester for the past 30 years. She’s in … Continue reading →
20. March 2002 by Caroline
Categories: Ireland |
Tags: absolute beginners, county donegal, dialect, dublin, fifties, fireplace, gaeltacht, glencolmcille, heart, Ireland, irish courses, lamentations, leicester, mistake, oideas gael, Travel, wealth of knowledge, western tip |
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