http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:11:43 -0700 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:04:50 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Greenwaya-glimpse-into-the-life-of-the-worlds-bestloved-mystery-writer-Agatha-Christie?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Greenway front entrance on a filthy day in summer....still grand (Tiley photo)   It was a totally filthy day in July. Rain came down in torrents. But, we had booked our parking space in advance, and there was very little that was going to kee... England Devon Greenway Agatha Christie National Trust Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:04:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Greenwaya-glimpse-into-the-life-of-the-worlds-bestloved-mystery-writer-Agatha-Christie?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Ryanair-to-create-standing-room-only-planes?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Subway of the air: Ryanair's overhead ads (Wiki commons)Say it ain’t so, Ryanair! Ireland's Ryanair now wants passengers to stand so the airline can pack 30 percent more of them in while cutting costs 20 percent. Well, not standing exactly, bu... Ireland Air travel problems Ryanair Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:04:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Ryanair-to-create-standing-room-only-planes?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Fly-Naked-No-searches-no-armed-passengers-no-wrinkled-clothing?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner These skies could get friendlier (Wiki commons)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 in a tray, and walk barefoot to the other side of the... England Air travel problems travel tips luggage problems carry-on problems Washington DC Dulles Heathrow airline humor US airways Obama London Dulles airport shoe bomber naked fly Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:56:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Fly-Naked-No-searches-no-armed-passengers-no-wrinkled-clothing?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Salacious-or-religious-or-just-plain-dirty-Irish-sheelahnagigs-still-abound?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Can this coexist with a Sheelah-na-Gig? (McBride photo) 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 little carving scandalized spinster shopkeepe... England Ireland spiritual tourism auld sod Celtic High Crosses church Sheelah-na-Gig Goddess Ballykissangel Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:39:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Salacious-or-religious-or-just-plain-dirty-Irish-sheelahnagigs-still-abound?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Ireland-and-England-and-the-blue-skies-of-aviation-historyand-more?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Alcock & Brown, Clifden, Galway (SP Tiley photo)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 miraculous “save” by Capt. Sullenberger ... England Air travel problems travel tips Plymouth Food tourism Heathrow Virgin Atlantic brave pilots Sullenberger Aer Lingus London auld sod Celtic Southwest Airlines Alcock & Brown Marconi Galway 12 Bens Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:31:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Ireland-and-England-and-the-blue-skies-of-aviation-historyand-more?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d6-Theatre-in-the-West-Country-this-summer-Have-fun-raise-money-for-good-causes?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Ross Ayling and Morag Stolton  A couple of years ago, I saw a production of Anything Goes, a Cole Porter musical, presented by the Tavistock Musical Theatre at the Wharf Theatre in Tavistock, Devon, England. It was great fun. The show, directed... England Cornwall travel tips Devon music tourism Tavistock London theater tourism In the Wings Theatre Company Wed, 06 May 2009 08:31:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d6-Theatre-in-the-West-Country-this-summer-Have-fun-raise-money-for-good-causes?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Ireland-has-had-one-case-of-swine-flu?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Kylemore Abbey gardens, Ireland (SP Tiley Photo)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 quite laid back about such things, unlike the more... England Ireland travel tips cheap airfares Key West Virgin Atlantic Book of Kells Irish pub Irish sod auld sod Celtic Tiger Celtic High Crosses holy wells Irish whiskey Lusmagh Today Show swine flu Church of Ireland Tue, 05 May 2009 14:08:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Ireland-has-had-one-case-of-swine-flu?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d1-How-to-talk-like-an-Irish-person-lesson-two?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Irish Tri-Color at Dunguaire Castle (S.P. Tiley) 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 were really Irish. (Lesson one did the same thing... Ireland travel tips Irish pub the Black Stuff Irish sod auld sod Celtic Irish whiskey sod Bangers bubble and squeak chips Fri, 01 May 2009 12:53:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d1-How-to-talk-like-an-Irish-person-lesson-two?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Musiciancomposer-Andrew-Bird-One-of-the-best-Celtic-and-American-musicians-around?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Andrew Bird 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 Westenra (who appeared in this column last fall, singing Shenandoah)…three weeks la... Ireland travel tips Washington DC music tourism day trips from DC Shenandoah Irish sod auld sod Celtic Andrew Bird Hayley Westenra WB Yeats Barter Theatre In the Deep Heart's Core Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:41:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Musiciancomposer-Andrew-Bird-One-of-the-best-Celtic-and-American-musicians-around?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d14-Holy-wells-of-Ireland-and-England-heal-heart-and-soul-and-maybe-other-stuff?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner St. Brigid's Well, Kildare (Co. Kildare Comm. Network)  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 less to soldier on, never mind party? Is... England Cornwall Lamorna Ireland travel tips Old Well Studio spiritual tourism auld sod Celtic High Crosses holy wells Tintagel St. Brigid Kildare Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:26:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d14-Holy-wells-of-Ireland-and-England-heal-heart-and-soul-and-maybe-other-stuff?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d11-Easter-flowers-in-Englandat-Doncaster-Cotehele-and-Lamorna?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Flowers at Lamorna (McBride/Tiley)  Often, I have been in England at Easter. Although the northern parts of the country can get snow in April, Easter in southwest England?my favorite part to visit for weather?is generally quite temperate. ... England Cotehele Easter flowers church Doncaster St. Wilfrid's Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:23:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d11-Easter-flowers-in-Englandat-Doncaster-Cotehele-and-Lamorna?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d10-Did-Jesus-study-mysticism-in-southwest-England?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Land's End (SP TIley Photo) Little is written in the Christian gospels about Joseph of Arimathea, a rich Jewish merchant who provided the prepared tomb for Jesus. But the apocrypha (gospels and other writings not included in the Bible as Christ... England Cornwall Ireland travel tips spiritual tourism Celtic High Crosses Jesus Joseph of Arimathea King Arthur Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:27:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d10-Did-Jesus-study-mysticism-in-southwest-England?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Newgrange-Irelands-ancient-answer-to-the-pyramids?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Newgrange, Ireland: Neolithic spiritual site (Sinead Downing photo) For the ancient people of Ireland (and continuing until recent times, when Celtic Druidry was still practiced there by some), the separation between the living and a world beyond wa... Ireland travel tips spiritual tourism Book of Kells Irish sod auld sod Celtic Newgrange passage tomb Tuatha De Danaan winter solstice High Crosses pyramids Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:00:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Newgrange-Irelands-ancient-answer-to-the-pyramids?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d3-Five-reasons-to-visit-England?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Pub at Jamaica Inn, site of du Maurier's book of that name (Photo/McBride)Spring is here, and it’s time to remember the five great reasons to visit England in spring or summer. They are: HistoryFood (Really? Locavores’ heaven ... England Cornwall pubs travel tips Devon Plymouth The Barbican Du Maurier Jamaica Inn Minack Theatre Hayle sands Porthcurno beach Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:29:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d3-Five-reasons-to-visit-England?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Why-I-love-Virgin-Atlantic?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Virgin Atlantic bride and groom 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 relaxed attitude of the crew. It may not be quite a relaxed as on ... Ireland travel tips cheap airfares Heathrow Virgin Atlantic airline humor Obama Air Southwest Aer Lingus London auld sod Celtic Tiger Celtic Southwest Airlines April Fool's Day Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:22:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Why-I-love-Virgin-Atlantic?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d26-St-Brendan-the-rocky-shore-the-voyage-and-where-to-feel-like-a-saint?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Modern small boats, Donegal, west of Ireland Second of two parts. So did Brendan find America? Probably. First, although the tale might have been embellished a bit, Navigationis Brendani probably stuck fairly close to the facts, or at lea... Ireland Donegal volcano Ireland Explained Celtic St. Brendan curragh Tim Severin Brendan Navigationis Brendani Newfoundland Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d26-St-Brendan-the-rocky-shore-the-voyage-and-where-to-feel-like-a-saint?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d26-Who-REALLYdiscovered-America-St-Brendan-the-Navigator?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner St. Brendan (Wikipedia commons)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 feast day is May 16. Meaning: You've got a bit more than six weeks ... Ireland travel tips Washington DC st patricks day booze auld sod Celtic St. Brendan Cork curragh Tim Severin Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:28:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d26-Who-REALLYdiscovered-America-St-Brendan-the-Navigator?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d21-Furry-Dance-Its-not-what-you-think?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Carrick Roads near Falmouth What I love about the British is this: They are so WEIRD. But their eccentricity makes for good visits, any time of year. May, of course, would be nice anyway. Warmish, but kids still in school, and lacking hordes of... England Cornwall travel tips Devon St. George's Helston Furry Dance Penzance Falmouth Celtic Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:10:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d21-Furry-Dance-Its-not-what-you-think?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d18-The-loss-of-Natasha-Richardson?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson, October 2008 (AP Photo/Joel Ryan/file) The marriage of a perfect pair of highly talented, loving human beings whose artistry united two nations long at war has been sundered. Sadly, England’s ... England Ireland Natasha Richardson Liam Neeson County Antrim Schindler's List Michael Collins Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:38:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d18-The-loss-of-Natasha-Richardson?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Feed-the-Celtic-Tiger-and-get-Ireland-back-on-its-feet?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner Out-of-print edition; for new one, see below And now the serious part of St. Patrick’s Day. Twenty-five years ago, I wrote often about the Irish government program to lure business to Ireland. I have always felt, because of my work for influen... Ireland pubs cheap airfares Aer Lingus st patricks day Irish pub the Black Stuff Irish sod Irish wake Celtic Tiger Ireland Explained Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:45:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-895-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Feed-the-Celtic-Tiger-and-get-Ireland-back-on-its-feet?cid=exrss-DC-Ireland--UK-Travel-Examiner