The Super Spud Ugly and unassuming, the potato is easy to overlook. But this wondrous vegetable is low in fat, packed with vitamins and minerals, dirt cheap, and widely available. We should be hailing it as a hero, instead of pushing it to the side of our plates. First cultivated in South America up to 10,000 years ago, the potato arrived in Europe courtesy of Spanish explorers in 1570, becoming such a vital part of the Irish diet that crop failure in 1845 led to the deaths of more than …
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Dublin Airport Interesting Facts
Dublin Airport Interesting Facts Dublin Airport welcomes a dizzying array of individuals 24 hours a day, 364 days a year (it closes Christmas Day), so it’s a vast source of weird and wonderful facts. We’ve selected a dozen of our favourites for you: Dublin Airport handles an average of 60,000 passengers per day – but this can rise to some 80,000 daily in the peak summer season. More than 248 million passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport since it opened in 1940 – that’s nearly a quarter of a billion …
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Dublin Airport Inbound Passengers
Dublin Airport Inbound Passengers The majority of visitors to Ireland enter the country via Dublin Airport, so the arrivals lounge can resemble a United Nations assembly at times, with people from all over the world streaming through. Of course, the global economic slump has seen a drop in passenger numbers at Dublin Airport, but things are starting to look up. The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) reports that passenger traffic at Dublin Airport rose by 2% in 2011, to 18.8 million passengers, with the biggest growth among passengers coming from outside …
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Cork Food Festivals 2012
Cork Food Festivals 2012 Renowned the world over as the gourmet capital of Ireland, Cork leads the way when it comes to food festivals. Spend the rest of the year in a state of culinary bliss by sampling some of the finest locally-grown produce in season prepared by craftspeople who are passionate about food. Throw in spectacular scenery and you’ve truly got a mind-blowing foodie experience! A fine example is the Baltimore Seafood Festival, from May 25th to 27th. Run in conjunction with the Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival, it combines the …
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Live at the Marquee Cork 2012
In a year when music fans will be gasping without Oxegen, Cork’s Live at the Marquee provides a welcome month-long injection of entertainment, with everybody from Tom Petty and Christy Moore to Jedward and Olly Murs set to take to the stage between June 7 and July 7, 2012. Football fans are not forgotten either. Big screens will broadcast Ireland’s European Championship group matches against Croatia, Spain, and Italy on June 10th, 14th, and 18th , accompanied by live music and pre-kick-off and half-time family entertainment. Tickets for the soccer …
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Roscommon Lamb Festival 2012
The people behind the Roscommon Lamb Festival understand that nothing comes close to the taste of succulent spring lamb cooked to perfection. This May bank holiday weekend, they will host their fifth annual festival to celebrate that fact, but the Roscommon Lamb Festival is about more than lamb; it has developed into one of the Midland’s top agricultural, country, and family festivals. Tasty features of this year’s event include the Best of Roscommon Food & Drink event “Real Roscommon Food” on Friday 4th, when Professor Patrick Wall of UCD will speak about …
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Gourmet Greystones 2012
Greystones goes gourmet this May bank holiday weekend when local chefs celebrate their passion for seasonal and local quality food. Enjoy a gastronomic tour of the world on Sunday May 6, with the best of Irish and international food on offer in the restaurants and cafes of Greystones. Learn to create your own full Irish from scratch by having a go at a black pudding making workshop with Jack McCarthy or a pork curing and charcuterie workshop with Ed Hick. Other workshops include dairy farming, cheese and butter making with …
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The Health Benefits of Guinness vs. Beer (Infographic)
Ireland’s favourite holiday is soon approaching; and while many will remember good ol’ Saint Patrick for everything he did for Christianity in Ireland, most of the world will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with vast amounts of alcohol consumption. With that in mind, we at GoIreland have rustled up a useful infographic about Guinness and other beers. But not just any infographic about booze. We recognize that folks in the 21st century are more health conscious than ever, so have combined these two facets to look at the health benefits of Guinness vs. other types of beer.
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Give Her a Break This Mother’s Day
Mothers across Ireland are awaiting Sunday March 18th with a mixture of hope and dread. Will you show her how much you appreciate her tireless efforts on your behalf with another bunch of wilting service-station flowers? Or will you make 2012 the year you really show how much you care? Give your mother a treat this Mother’s Day with a voucher for a GoIreland hotel break. For just €74.50pps, she can enjoy two nights bed and breakfast at a range of superb 3 and 4 star hotels throughout Ireland. And …
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St. Patrick’s Day – The World Goes Green for St. Patrick’s Day 2012
Some of the world’s most iconic sights will go green for St. Patrick’s Day this year. In addition to the London Eye, South Africa’s Table Mountain, and New York’s Empire State Building, Niagara Falls and the TV Tower in Berlin will go green for the first time ever.
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