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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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Fly Naked: No searches, no armed passengers, no wrinkled clothing

About a year ago, on a flight to London’s Heathrow from Dulles, I had to take my shoes off. Everyone had to take their shoes off, and put them...
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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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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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Celebrate O'Bama's Irish roots at the White House

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If you want to see a bit of the green today, visit the White House. Michelle Obama requested that the fountains be dyed green in honor of the day, and...
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Ireland Forever…at least in the Adams-Morgan region of Ireland

By now, if you haven’t booked your flight to the Emerald Isle for St. Patrick’s Day, you’re probably stuck with us local lot, Micks...
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Irish-born signers of the Declaration of Independence; Visit our history and theirs

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Those of us who live in or near Washington, DC, have access to amazing documents, among them the Declaration of Independence. I wonder how many...
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What the world needs now: Hints from England about life, love, books and being

Love, sweet love. It might be encouraged to extend beyond Valentine’s Day and to more creatures though blogs like The Cottage Smallholder, a...
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Virgin Atlantic’s half-price Upper Class service...booking fast, act soon!

It’s tough to be old enough to remember when ordinary people who generally flew coach could occasionally upgrade—using money—to...
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Travel to the Middle East without leaving DC…for free!

Between February 23 and March 15, the Kennedy Center is mounting an extravaganza of arts programs from the Arab world. Twenty-two nations are...
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