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Mimi Barre took the Redlands Daily Facts on her recent trip to Ireland and England. In 1952, Barre kissed the Blarney Stone and received the "gift of eloquence." She said she decided she need a "booster shot" lest she lose the gift, which is so necessary in her work as a public speaker.
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*Sixteen luxury hotels in New York have a third-night-free offer when you stay and pay for two consecutive nights. Participating hotels include the Carlyle, the Mandarin Oriental, the Plaza and the St. Regis. Sample rates: A classic room at the Carlyle in mid- July runs $689 per night double, including all fees and taxes; with the deal, the three-night total is $1,378, for a rate of $459 per night. Travel through Sept. 5. Info: www.nycgo.com/thirdnight. *Tourism Ireland is offering free passes for unlimited train travel across Ireland for visitors 66 and older. Routes through the Republic of Ireland are covered by the Golden Trekker pass; for Northern Ireland, you need a separate pass, the Northern Ireland Golden Trekker Smartcard. For an idea of what you can save, here are sa...
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BLARNEY, Ireland - For sure, this is no blarney: Kissing the Blarney Stone is the right thing to do when you're over here on the Emerald Isle. Not so much because you'll suddenly become eloquent (Who knows? You just might), but for the fun of the whole thing.
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He was on assignment in Ireland in the spring of 2003, he recalls, when he read a story in the local newspaper about the upcoming 50th anniversary of The Guinness Book of World Records (streamlined in 2000 to Guinness World Records). Like most people, [Larry Olmsted] hadn't looked at a copy of the book" since he was a teenager and didn't know much about it, but he found it curious that people regularly performed incredible and dangerous feats to appear in its pages. When he read that it was the bestselling copyrighted book in history, with more than 100 million copies printed in 37 languages, he filed that away in his freelance-writer memory bank of story ideas. "I'm always, as a journalist," Olmsted says, "looking for that story: the thing diat people recognize but don't understand. ..
...Two reasonable questions flow from these facts: "Really?" and "Why?" The answer to the first one ...
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Celtic Crossroads, a group of musicians and dancers from Ireland, will perform Tuesday at the Redlands Bowl. Barrage, the group originally scheduled to perform, had to cancel its appearance, and Celtic Crossroads stepped in to take its place.
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WASHINGTON, March 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for Friday, March 17 from the U.S. Census Bureau: Profile America Friday, March 17th. This is a day to check your closet and make sure you wear something green it's St. Patrick's Day said to be the only national holiday observed outside its native land. The observance honors Bishop Patrick, born in England, who brought Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, using a shamrock to illustrate divinity. The day has been marked in America since it was a colony. New York City's huge parade has taken place every year since 1762. The greatest number of Irish immigrants arrived in the U.S. in the middle of the 19th century, when the home country was reeling from the potato famine. Now, 34-mi...
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REDLANDS - Ken O'Malley's annual Irish Christmas concert, "Ireland and the Christmas Star," is 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 4 at Fox Event Center, 123 Cajon St. Doors open at 2 p.m., with optional dinner served from 2 to 3. The Irish dinner of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes costs $10.
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St. Patrick's Day facts * The fifth century is said to have ridded Ireland of all its snakes. While there were no snakes in Ireland, the legend arose from the snake as a pagan symbol, and relates to St. Patrick bringing Christianity to the Emerald Isle.
