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Laura Harrison McBride loves all things Celtic and most things English. She's spent years traveling across Ireland and the UK. Check out enticing Celtic England travel and culture venues on her website, englandsouthwest.com.

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Salacious or religious, or just plain dirty? Irish Sheelah-na-Gigs still abound

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Fans of the long-running TV series Ballykissangel might remember the episode in which the two dolts, Liam and Donal, discover a Sheelah-na-Gig. The...
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Ireland and England and the blue skies of aviation history...and more

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It has been a rough year in aviation, what with the crash in Buffalo, NY, and more recently the Air France crash…and never forgetting the...
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Ireland has had only one case of swine flu; Book now!

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Ireland has had one case of swine flu. One has to wonder why we even measure such things. And it wasn't a bad case at all, at all. Plus, the Irish are...
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How to talk like an Irish person, lesson two

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This second lesson in how to speak like an Irish person will concentrate on things tossed off in conversation, words you’d hardly notice if you...
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Musician/composer Andrew Bird: One of the best Celtic and American musicians around

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Last summer, when we were leaving England in just two days' time (weeping, sniveling, sighing, whining), I saw a huge sign for a concert by Hayley...
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Holy wells of Ireland and England heal heart and soul, and maybe other stuff

Feeling a little punky, brother? Finances got you down, sister? Sinuses in full bloom? Do you find you wake up with little will to live, and even...
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Newgrange: Ireland's ancient answer to the pyramids

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For the ancient people of Ireland (and continuing until recent times, when Celtic Druidry was still practiced there by some), the separation between...
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Why I love Virgin Atlantic...and Southwest....and Aer Lingus

I get regular updates from Virgin Atlantic, my favorite carrier to London's Heathrow. I like their open wine bar on most crossings, and the relatively...
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Who REALLYdiscovered America? St. Brendan the Navigator, of course

Now that we've got St. Patrick's Day out of the way, we can concentrate on the Irishman who discovered the New World, St. Brendan the Navigator, whose...
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Dirty Irish gifts for St. Patrick's Day

The Auld Sod Export Company is offering genuine Irish dirt that Americans can buy in packages as small as ¾ pound. Why would you want Irish...
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