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In Florida for 4.5 or 5.75 Months
I wrote about our 2023 December trip to the Tampa area. We came back for nine days in March to find a place to live within a one-hour commute from Caleb’s transitional position into the civilian sector at Cummins Inc. … Continue reading
Celtic Tiger
Ireland’s economy boomed between 1995 and 2007, growing at over 9% each year. This drew the attention of a reporter, as Ireland had previously been one of Europe’s poorest countries. The title, Celtic Tiger, was referring to the Four Asian … Continue reading
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Tagged airplane, Ireland, nicknames, retirement
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Inis Fáil Is Our Fate
This nickname, Inis Fáil, means the Island of Destiny. The Tuatha Dé Danann race brought this stone, Lia Fáil, to Ireland, and it’s been used as a coronation stone in the belief of its mythical powers and ability to make … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art, Food, History, Media, Plants, Travel, Water
Tagged B&B, Braveheart, cemetery, church, international, Ireland, outdoors, parks, recycle, restaurant, walking
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Home of Guinness
This nickname for Ireland took almost one hundred years to brew. It started with Arthur Guinness who founded St. James’s Gate Brewery in 1759 and signed a 9,000-year lease for four acres. As his beer gained in consumption, the brewery … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, B&B, church, Guinness World Record, Ireland, museum, national park
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The Island and Republic of Éire
The Irish name Éire derives from Ériu, the name of a Gaelic goddess of sovereignty. The name debate started in 1921 after 26 counties of the 32 became the Irish Free State. Then in 1949, the southern counties were called … Continue reading
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