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I have visited Ireland cruises to bermuda from baltimore several times. It is a beautiful country – rightly living up to its Emerald Isle nick name.   Its grass seems to be bright year round.  Many don’t realize that Ireland gets little snow so the bright green is rarely covered.  Many of its trees do not shed their leaves cruises to bermuda from baltimore during the winter so those trees are green year around also.  Emerald green is indeed an appropriate color by which the country has come to be known.
While Ireland is full of beauty, castles and interesting history, cruises to bermuda from baltimore its people are its greatest asset .   Have you ever seen a sad Irish person?  Not many, and if they are sad it doesn’t seem to last long.  They are happy and welcoming and possess a sense of humor that is not acquired but seems to come as standard equipment.  Two examples of this are their humorous witticisms and the gift of blarney.  Here are a few of my favorite witticisms:
Many countries can lay claim to similar witticisms, but none can lay claim to the gift of blarney.   What is the difference between blarney and baloney? Perhaps the best explanation was given by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen who said, “ Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.”
An unknown cruises to bermuda from baltimore Irishman explained, “Baloney is when you tell a 50-year old woman that she looks 18. Blarney is when you ask a woman how old she is, because you want to know at what age women are most beautiful.”
I have been to Blarney castle several times and many ask if I have kissed the Blarney Stone.  I have to confess I have not.  My answer is that I don’t just kiss any stone – I am saving cruises to bermuda from baltimore myself for just the right stone.  Apparently President cruises to bermuda from baltimore Clinton did not feel that was as he claimed at a fundraiser for John Kerry to have kissed the Blarney Stone, although Jay Leno reckoned he’d initially denied it claiming the stone kissed cruises to bermuda from baltimore him.”
Young ladies looking got their first kiss can take a lesson from the Blarney Stone.  It is not easy to get to and requires climbing to the top the Blarney Castle though steep, narrow and winding stairs.  Then one must almost risk his life to kiss it as it actually protrudes out from the castle and requires one to lean over the wall a the top of the castle to kiss it.  Lesson to young women:  It is possible to do, but one must work hard enough to do it so as to appreciate it once done.
The Irish people are a proud people.  Not proud in the sense of feeling superior to others, but that they are lucky to be Irish and their traditions, history and their freedom.  Ireland as a free country is relatively new.  It was ruled by Britain for nearly 600 years and did not become a free country until 1922 so they are not so far away from independence that they have forgotten cruises to bermuda from baltimore how hard it was to become independent and how valuable freedom is.
On my recent trip to Ireland I had a large group needing four coaches for transportation and sightseeing. Two of the coaches were driven cruises to bermuda from baltimore by older gentlemen and two by younger drivers.  These driver guides are all excellent.  They take pride in not only telling stories, history and interesting facts about Ireland but in keeping their guests entertained.
cruises to bermuda from baltimore As the driver-guides talked about gaining independence the two older gentlemen became quite emotional , and still bear a little animosity.  I am always surprised at that thinking it is long past time to put such feelings behind and move forward.  Then I remember the feelings some in the U.S. have regarding race issues and realize that such feelings are found among all people. The good news is that it seems such feelings are not shared by the younger Irish people.
One of the darkest parts if Irish history cruises to bermuda from baltimore was the potato famine.  The people depended on the potato crop as a main source of sustenance and when the crop failed between 1845 and 1852 it brought mass starvation, disease and emigration.  Approximately one million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland.
Tragic as it was it had two positive side effects.  One is the emigration of millions of Irish people to the U.S. and other parts of the world. Where would we be without the diversity and contribution brought to America and other countries by the Irish?  There are approximately 5 million people in Ireland today and approximately 20 million throughout the world who claim Irish ancestry.
Among the many things the world could learn from the Irish is an application of a bit of blarney – not the baloney we hear so often but blarney which puts a positive cruises to bermuda from baltimore and humorous cruises to bermuda from baltimore spin on things which the Irish are masters at.
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