Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 29 September 2026
Ten Books to Read Before You Visit Dublin Every city has a personality, but Dublin wears its personality on its sleeve. It’s a city that talks, be it in pubs, on buses, or over garden walls, and a lot of its best writing simply captures
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 28 September 2026
Ten Words or Phrases You’ll Hear in Dublin, How to Say Them and What They Mean You’ve finally made it to Ireland. You’ve stepped off the plane into the lovely drizzle and you are heading into Dublin City. Maybe you already know some Irish people,
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 21 September 2026
When you first come to Ireland, as soon as you step off your plane or boat and enter a building (or possibly as soon as you boarded that plane or boat!) you will have seen notices and signs in two languages. One is clearly English,
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 4 September 2026
Just on the off chance that you have never heard of Ireland and don’t know anything about it, here are some basic facts about us and about Dublin City itself to get you started. Needless to say there is a clatter of history and politics
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