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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By amylew | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By thestarsfinder | Views [184] | Scholarship Entry
One of the treasure of my Irish adventure was the Dingle. My memory of that place is the starriest night of all. If I close my eyes I see an illuminated window in complete darkness and above it a wisp of smoke from the chimney became confused with the ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By howdeep | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
This very day I was upset and hurt. From the beginning of this voyage nothing had asked me that much energy. My frustration was overwhelming, and back to my cabin, I felt lost in this tiny, too well defined, cubical-space-box-room; without echo nor spectators;... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By inayahv | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry
Biting into the soft thin dough, sweet lemon essence fills my mouth. Rich buttery filling melts over every taste bud. Pausing momentarily to savor every bit of this morsel, heat rises from the center of the heavenly pastry. As I inhale the aroma, further ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By irishchimerical | Views [287] | Scholarship Entry
Winter is coming. So goes the tagline of the smash hit HBO series Game of Thrones; and in small corner of the north of Ireland, where much of the show is filmed, there's a tale of long ago, that speaks of the Giant of Snow and Ice, and how he was felled ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By lanaheatherlee | Views [206] | Scholarship Entry
I hate the beach. That may seem hyperbolic, but I have avoided it my entire life. Nevertheless, if there is good company, good food and the promise of an unforgettable experience, I can be coerced. This is how I ended up on my first beach holiday in October ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By teaffanny | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry
Golden hour on Inis Oírr, the smallest of the Aran Islands off the West coast of Ireland, was being made especially resplendent by the natural complement of blue water. Gaelic tossed across the breeze and caught my ears through the rippling curtains of ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By larapedraz | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
It was during a sunny May in Ireland when... Yes, sunny in Ireland, I know it’s difficult, but it was indeed one of the sunniest Mays in Ireland since 20 years ago. And we got it. Lucky us! We were driving from the East Irish cost to the West, with the ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By guywhitehead | Views [256] | Scholarship Entry
I first discovered Killiney Hill by accident. Well, that isn't strictly true given that my interpretation of the word ‘accident’ is: ‘an unplanned event that could possibly have been avoided.’ And my trip to Killiney itself was very much planned. And ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By ccwrites | Views [217] | Scholarship Entry
Standing in the nave of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, was the smallest I had felt in my life. Not due to the grand size of the place, but because the structure originated in the 12th century and has stood, in some shape or form, through an astonishing ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By ashleigh_erin | Views [204] | Scholarship Entry
"No Trespassing," the sign forewarned. But my friends and I didn't listen; we clambered up onto the dilapidated fence to glimpse a better view of the deserted ruins of Clare Abbey. We were several miles east of nowhere among the emerald fields of Western ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By goannasnake | Views [651]
Ireland
Thursday 17 May (Dublin to Moira):
After way too many hours in planes and airports, we arrived in Dublin and picked up our hire car. A stroke of luck there, with a free upgrade to a 4WD. We had one place to visit today and then intended ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By goannasnake | Photo Gallery
11 weeks with Mum.
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By acciodollface | Photo Gallery
My first big trip abroad!
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