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August in Ireland – Join the Fun

IA Newsletter, July 22, 2023

July 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment

The month of August provides a wealth of wonderful events to enjoy across the island of Ireland from festivals and fairs to top sporting shows.August in Ireland provides visitors the opportunity to take in fairs and festivals that are popular throughout the island. There is music, dancing, horses, fairgrounds, and fireworks, or in other words, something for everyone.Féile an … [Read more...] about August in Ireland – Join the Fun

Ireland Trip Information and Itinerary

September 23, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Irish America is offering readers the chance to win a dream trip for two to Ireland. The winner will receive two round-trip Economy class tickets on Aer Lingus and a 7 Day/6 Night Taste of Ireland guided coach tour courtesy of CIE.*CIE ItineraryDay 1: Independent SIghtseeing Dublin - Take a Hop-On, Hop-Off bus tour and enjoy all Dublin has to offer from the Guinness Storehouse … [Read more...] about Ireland Trip Information and Itinerary

Ireland’s Tourism
Prospects Are Improving

May 14, 2021 by Leave a Comment

By Deaglán de Bréadún Tourism is an important element of the Irish economy and it has suffered greatly because of the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. A whole raft of conditions has been applied to inward travel. Outward travel has also been restricted and Irish people’s passion for heading off to Spain, Portugal, and other sunny destinations for a break has … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Tourism
Prospects Are Improving

Following in Frederick Douglass’s Footsteps:
A Walking Tour of Dublin

By Christine Kinealy

May 5, 2021 by Leave a Comment

In August 1845, an American “fugitive slave” named Frederick Douglass arrived in Dublin. He was seeking refuge from capture and a return to enslavement in his home country. Twenty-seven-year-old Douglass referred to his four months in Ireland as the “happiest moments” of his life. He also described it as “transformative”. Ireland changed Frederick Douglass and Frederick … [Read more...] about Following in Frederick Douglass’s Footsteps:
A Walking Tour of Dublin

A Multi-Generational Family Trip Home

By Rosemary Rogers

March 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Rosemary Rogers shares her experience of traveling to Ireland with her daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren, and sister in 2017. When I was 12 my mother took me to Ireland, her first trip home since she left 35 years earlier. In keeping with that tradition, I took my daughter, Nell, several times but in 2017 our group included Nell, her husband Christian, and their sons … [Read more...] about A Multi-Generational Family Trip Home

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