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California High Schooler Wins Surfing Competitions on Tricolor Longboard

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by 1 Comment

Los Angeles area high schooler Emily Rose Flavin, 17, is an award-winning amateur competitive surfer in both short and longboard. This summer 2017 she won three longboard championships, all while riding her trademark green, white, and orange Irish tricolor board. Emily is fourth-generation Irish American with roots in Cork and Tipperary. “I wear a lot of sunscreen,” she jokes … [Read more...] about California High Schooler Wins Surfing Competitions on Tricolor Longboard

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October 9, 1834

Ireland’s first public railroad, the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, was opened on this day in 1834. After founding and laying the first tracks in 1831, a short delay occurred in the building due to opposition from some landowners, the laying of tracks over an embankment, and the creation of the Booterstown Marsh. The first train departed on October 9, consisting of eight cars pulled by the “Hibernia.” The railway line was eventually expanded.

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