I recently did a blog post about things I took for granted in the US before moving to Ireland, I have also written about the Irish banking system, and how difficult it is to find…
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I lived in the Pacific Northwest my entire life prior to moving to Dublin, Ireland in 2013. Some things are the same and some have changed. However, there were those things that a person gets…
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It has been fascinating to live in and watch the evolution of Ireland over the past few years. The country as a whole has been religiously conservative since Saint Patrick’s brought Catholicism to Ireland in…
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One thing about living in Ireland that frustrates me is, the amount of plastic garbage thrown around. Ireland is a beautiful country, and the people who live here, for the most part, don’t seem to…
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If you look over the skyline of Dublin right now you will see dozens of construction cranes working on new buildings. Of those new buildings being constructed, very few if any, are for apartments. The…
Read MoreThe conversation will usually start with someone saying that football should be played with the feet. In a statement about soccer and American football. “What you guys should really call it is egg-in-hand-ball.” Then they…
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I was recently having a conversation with a cousin about moving to Ireland. She mentioned on a trip here how much she loved it and I responded I loved it at first but I also…
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A few months ago I had a terrible customer service experience with Bank of Ireland. After that experience, I decided it was time to change banks. In the process of switching banks, I did some…
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Owning the last two houses I have lived in back in the states, it has been quite a few years since having to go through the ordeal of apartment hunting. And now that I have…
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This small graveyard was fascinating when we saw it on the little island of Inis Oírr, primarily because of the little church buried in the middle of it. The graveyard isn’t far from the beach…
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