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Pancake Tuesday – A magical time of year

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Maria Lieb

Throughout Ireland and in many other countries, the day before Ash Wednesday – Shrove Tuesday – is commonly known as Pancake Day. This day is celebrated before the beginning of Lent, the fasting time up to Easter. We learn from … Continue reading →

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Cork hurling and football crisis – who cares?

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Discovering Ireland

There are several things in life that one can take for granted. Kerry win football titles, Kilkenny win hurling titles, Cork win some of each but don’t win enough of either of them. One of the reasons for this may … Continue reading →

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Ireland a culinary pleasure

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Maria Lieb

Excellent culinary and Ireland, a few years ago these were two different things, which did not fit together. Up to recently when people considered Irish cuisine, people always thought first of the traditional bacon and cabbage, colcannon, brown soda bread … Continue reading →

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Cork Airport – A stress free gateway to Ireland

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Julie Cebron

Sometimes, flying can be a nightmare. With all the different regulations you might feel anxious especially if you travel to a place you have never been before. But, this is not the case when you arrive at Cork airport. Going … Continue reading →

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Hey that's no way to say goodbye

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Discovering Ireland

I love the songs of Leonard Cohen and the title of this piece is one of his most famous songs. A gentle sad song of goodbye. Cohen is generally regarded as the bedsit troubadour, the man who sings sad depressing … Continue reading →

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Irish Country & Manor House Hotels FAM Trip

Posted on November 23, 2007 by genevieve.tuit

Recently I was invited on a familiarization trip around Cavan, Leitrim, Meath, Mayo and Roscommon by the lovely people at Irish Country & Manor House Hotels (CMV), Ireland’s premier group of independent hotels. I was very interested to discover this … Continue reading →

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Sylvie begins her journey..

Posted on October 30, 2007 by sylvie.quemeneur

Every year around the months of October and November, the Manor House Hotels & Irish Country Hotels group organises a familiarisation trip so that we as the Ireland experts are kept informed of any changes in our hotels that we … Continue reading →

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