Word: irelands
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...rambled along a hillside in the Burren, with jagged limestone rocks on the slope above me, a bay view unfolding in front of me, and the elusive sun beginning to beg me to take off my fleece, I grinned—this was the Ireland I had hoped for. This was why I had come abroad...
...large inspirations behind my choice of Ireland was the poetic and literary tradition; another was the mythology. I keep Yeats; The Poems next to my pillow and have a Field Guide to Irish Faeries on my shelf. This does not make much sense to most of my fellow Americans abroad—all hardworking, motivated students—who came here for the Guinness and to reconnect with their Irish roots...
...crucial things that impress their teammates, and those capable of the flashy stuff that thrills crowds. "Beyond that," says Farr-Jones, "you need a happy team ? a bunch of spirited guys who are prepared to sacrifice for one another, who are prepared to do whatever it takes." Though Ireland, South Africa and perhaps one or two others might disagree, there are probably only four countries that can win the 2003 Cup - England, New Zealand, Australia and France. The perennial dark horses, the French, are feared by everyone as a side that, irrespective of form, can conjure at least once...
...unconventional nunnery in 1960s Ireland, The Magdalene Sisters is a film about hypocrisy, dogma and the horrible deeds committed as a result of religious hysteria. This fact-based story focuses on the lives of three women who, in one sense or another, are judged by the Catholic Church as having been “sinful” and, as a result, are essentially sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor and abuse at the hands of the Sisters of Mercy in what was known as a Magdalene Laundry. The sins of these women extend from the merely unthinkable?...
...business, and right or wrong, the richer guy usually wins in American elections. But then again Americans rejected his "unbeatable" father because of his poor handling of the economy, so maybe history will repeat itself? For the good of the world I certainly hope so. Darragh Halpin Ireland...