This Week’s Headlines
June 8, 2009
corey says…
Here is this week’s collection of tasty headlines from around the Internet. For more timely updates, follow us on Twitter…there’s a link to the right –>
- Self-catering in Ireland & travel stories on our latest episode http://bit.ly/17hKLw
- Good article today in the Irish Times about encouraging innovation in Ireland www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0608/1224248139138.html (via @Diddlyi)
- Falling in love with Ireland www.travelingmamas.com/2008/10/26/romance-in-ireland
- Construction day at Knockahopple www.irishfireside.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/construction-day
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You can now research your Irish ancestors for free online www.diddlyi.com/profiles/blogs/connect-with-your-irish (via @Diddlyi)
- Sheep in Ireland, wondering why he’s listed on the menu: www.greendragonartist.com/Galleries/Small%20Images/Ireland%202006/ImontheMenu.jpg (via @greendragon9)
- Making the tourist loop www.worldtravelerjamie.blogspot.com/2009/04/portrait-of-young-lady-as-traveler-look.html
- A video tour of Dublin www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CTP_2mQklU
- Our quick guide to the Rose of Tralee www.diddlyi.com/profiles/blogs/its-rose-of-tralee-time (via @Diddlyi)
- Local Irish advertising paper...”With @EmeraldDiscount on page 6 and @TipperaryTed on Page 14, it’s a Twitter lovefest.” http://issuu.com/derryo/docs/tipp_tatler_issue119may09
- Story of the Claddagh ring www.lookaroundireland.com/claddaghring.htm & the Claddagh Song www.youtube.com/watch?v=F88MVWRQCCE
- Snapshots from Dublin www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-206146
- Ireland Price Check from @IrelandExpert http://web.me.com/patpreston/Site_13/Blog/Entries/2009/6/4_Springtime_in_Ireland_%E2%80%93_Price_Check.html
- Top 10 Places to See in Ireland www.irishcentral.com/travel/IrishCentrals-top-10-sites-in-Ireland-41098302.html
- More interesting than you may think… Temp Exh at the Museum of Country Life: Straw, Hay & Rushes www.castlebar.ie/Temporary_Exhibitions/Temporary_Exhibitions.shtml (via @Castlebar_IE)
- My brother Jerry’s Irish Bread recipe; it’s very good. http://irishthymes.blogspot.com/2009/06/jerrys-irish-bread.html (via @irishthymes)
- Galway celebrates the Volvo Ocean Race. Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ErsOiiK458
- A video visit to Kilkenny www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-8KlaFLdW8
- The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #68 is now live. Tell a friend. www.celticmusicpodcast.com (via @marc_gunn)
- Escape to Ireland with DeWitt’s travel blog. www.thedewitt.wordpress.com
- Celebrate Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses at Bloomsday Festival 7-16 June!! www.visitdublin.com/Events/MajorEventsInDublin/Detail.aspx?id=235&mid=4369 (via @darraghdoyle @VisitDublin)
- A trip to the boot sale (flea market) in Kilkenny. www.irishfireside.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/the-kilkenny-boot-sale
- Ireland battling to get back its Blue Flag beaches. www.independent.ie/national-news/recruiting–uturn-as-beaches-lose-blue-flag-status-1761083.html?r=RSS
- Tell us who is missing from our Irish-Interest Twitter list. www.irishfireside.wordpress.com/all-ireland-twitter-list
- More Ireland Did You Know? www.diddlyi.com/profiles/blogs/ireland-did-you-know-15 (via @Diddlyi)
- Strangest placenames in Ireland www.irishcentral.com/travel/Strangest-place-names-in-Ireland.html
- For you foodies heading to Ireland www.nationalpost.com/life/story.html?id=1644180
- St Patrick Factoids www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ireland/5005127/St-Patricks-Day-Top-10-facts.html
- US travel sites all drop their fees: http://goplanit.com/l/ho6 (via @goplanit @Kathy_SixEight)
- How the Irish took over cable TV www.irishcentral.com/ent/How-the-Irish-took-over-cable-TV-46393292.html
- Today in the blog we look at Ogham - The Celtic Tree Alphabet www.diddlyi.com/profiles/blogs/ogham-the-celtic-tree-alphabet A secret language? (via @Diddlyi)
- Contemporary Irish artist captures Ireland’s ‘Golden Age’ www.irishcentral.com/ent/Contemporary-Irish-artist-captures-Irelands-Golden-Age-46240252.html
- Gotta love it when people say nice things about us. http://bill.sweeney.net/?p=48 Thanks @billsweeney.
- Northern Ireland was officially the warmest place in the UK on Tuesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/8079330.stm
- A Twitter story in rural Ireland www.ballylara.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/biddy-early-shadows-twitter-fan-in-county-clare-ireland
- The tale of Irish Coffee www.daithaic.blogspot.com/2009/05/story-of-irish-coffee.html
- Should Ireland make it easier for Americans to get Irish citizenship? www.diaspora.ie/starship/2009/05/irish-descent/
- Last survivor of the Titanic dies at 97-pics & video. www.palinyoubetcha2012.com/wordpress/?p=1595
- If you last name or maiden name is Curtin, go to www.curtin.org and find out more about the Curtin legacy. (via @theCurtinclan)
- Irish Dancing Moves Modern http://courses.washington.edu/insite/wordpress/?p=1209 (via @rebekkaanne @Diddlyi)
- Aer Lingus Stealth Charges for flights within Europe www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2009/05/27/more-aer-lingus-stealth-charges/
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