What a Bloomsday

Just a quick post to say what a great day we had last Saturday for Bloomsday, celebrating James Joyce, Ulysses and getting acquainted with the Irish Sea in Sandycove.Things were happening all over the city, but only in Sandycove can you embrace the culture and go in for a refreshing dip in the ocean. The main street was full of music, costumes with young and old ...

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The Natural History Museum

Nature lovers will be happy to know that this week's trip is to The Natural History Museum. The museum is part of  The National Museum of Ireland and has recently moved to within a stone's throw of Ulearn. If you're interested in what kind of animals used to roam Ireland before it's earliest inhabitants then you will love this museum. You will see stags big ...

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You’ll never beat the Irish…oh, wait..

Yes that's right the Irish team have been knocked out of the Euro 2012 championship and it's all thanks to painful 'songwriter' Bressie and his horrible rendition of a traditional Irish classic, 'The Rocky Road to Dublin'. Well, the team played terribly too. And Trappatoni can't communicate to the players properly. And we don't have any decent players. So long Ir ...

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Bloomsday 2012

June 16th is a very important date in Irish literature. Fans of James Joyce and readers of his masterpiece Ulysses, will know that this was the date in 1904 that this wonderful story took place. One book describing one day in a Dubliner's life and all of the thoughts, sights and sounds that go with it. This Saturday Dublin and Ulysses will come alive with ce ...

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Aliens in Temple Bar!

Yes fans of the hit science fiction sequel to James Cameron's original Alien movie will get a chance to see the movie in a very special location. The Temple Bar Cultural Trust is showing a selection of movies in an outdoor cinema in Meeting House Square in Temple Bar until the 14th June. This 1986 cult classic see the character Ripley, played by Sigourney We ...

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In Bloom!

It was another successful year for Dublin's Bloom Festival this year, with thousands of flower-lovers and gardening experts flocking to see what Ireland's largest flower festival had to offer. Bloom 2011 attracted almost 90,000 visitors and this year seemed to be even bigger and better. Now in it's fifth year running, the festival not only showcases flowers ...

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