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posted by deedragongirl

Lovely shot of the Pub in Dublin.

Hi everyone, since I love to travel. I chose Ireland after seeing movies about Michael Collin and I love their accent too! So here are my reasons on why Ireland is my dream destination.

The Landscape

I absolutely love the landscape, because it is so green and clean. You hardly see anything unpleasant and spoil, it's all pleasant and full of luck!
In fact, I would love to stay in the Irish countryside and walk while listening to Irish music.

Irish Music & Dancing

I have been a fan of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, their dance are very, VERY energetic while the music is very catchy that...

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The Unofficial Guide to Ireland's Counties

posted by dazl

The Counties of Ireland

This is humour. I have no intent to insult any of the 26 ROI counties. Unless you're not from Cork. Then you're fair game.

Carlow = Mad for sugar beet, can't get enough of it.
Hobbies: Growing sugar beet.

Cavan = filthy, ignorant hillbillies, tight. Hobbies:
discovering IRA ammo dumps and knitting black balaclavas.

Clare = fiddle-playing charming people and, more recently, fine footballers.
Hobbies:
Falling into pot-holes and being
never heard from ever again, setting up golf courses in their back lawns.

Cork = the loveable rogues of Ireland. Here for everyone else's entertainment.
Hobbies:
Milking...

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Dazls Guide To Really Really Really Really Obscure Irish

posted by dazl

Be thankful. We have to learn this!

Some of you who have ever been to Ireland will know that a lot of Gaelic is to be found. And it can confuse and frighten even the most seasoned traveller. Even if they do possess a guidebook and an Irish-_______ dictionary.

So that’s where Dazls Guide To Really Really Really Really Obscure Irish comes in.

Céili- If you see a sign advertising a céili, and you are in a mood to boogie, take note. A céili is a dance- but not just any old type of dance. It’s traditional Irish dancing, where amateurs and professionals can dance and hear traditional music at the same time. Popular dances include...

STOP TPP! COME ON! SIGN AND SPREAD THE WORD!

posted by MisterH

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THIS IS VERY URGENT AND NOT A JOKE! ALSO DON'T GOOF OFF!!!!

I really mean it! What would you be able to do if SOPA/TPP censors the internet? What would you be able to do if writing fanfics and drawing fanarts become illegal? What would you do if it's illegal to do a cover of your favorite song on YouTube? What would you do if downloading things from the internet (music, movies, TV episodes, etc) became illegal? What would you do if SOPA/TPP wins the war and takes away internet freedom? Net Neutrality is already dead so far, we can't risk the freedom of internet...

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Translation Of the Irish Anthem 'Sin na Fianna Fail'

posted by Frizzhead

We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

In valley green, on towering...

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Amhran na Bhfiann- The Soldiers Song- Irish National Anthem

posted by dazl

The Irish National Anthem
Amhrán na bhFiann - Irish
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CURFA (refrain, chorus) :
Sinne Fianna Fáil
Atá fé gheall ag Éirinn,
buion dár slua
Thar toinn do ráinig chugainn,
Fé mhóid bheith saor.
Sean tír ár sinsear feasta
Ní fhágfar fé'n tiorán ná fé'n tráill
Anocht a théam sa bhearna bhaoil,
Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil
Le gunni scréach fé lámhach na bpiléar
Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann.

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Soldier's Song - English Translation:
(Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

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CONTRIBUTORS WANTED FOR FOCUS GROUP IN CENTRAL LONDON

posted by UKResearchForum

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We’re looking for fun, lively respondents with strong opinions they are willing to share, to get involved in a workshop designed to both test the product, and develop the brand further....

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Teddy Bear's head

posted by TiocfaidhArLa

Here's up the rebels, get back our teddy's head
Her face and tail are all her own
But her brains are foreign led
On the outskirts of Europe in Atlantic so dear
There's a country called old Ireland
That looks like a teddy bear
It's an island that splits in two
With the border in her head
Her face and tail are all her own
But her brains are foreign led

Her face is o'er in Donegal
Her brains are in Belfast
Her arms outstretched in Galway
For her friends that do go past
Her hair is on the north coast
In Derry, Antrim, Down
I'm sure this head would be better off
Without the bloody crown

Her backbone's on the east...