Country Archive
Growing Pains
Date: 03/07/2004"Dublin is still charmingly gray and grimy...but less dilapidated and less quirky. The last undeveloped stretch along its Liffey is being built into a shopping mall to open next fall..."
Read OnSessions
Date: 02/23/2004"Everywhere in Ireland--even the smallest village--has at least one pub that hosts regular weekly Trad (that is, traditional music) Sessions, where the locals meet..."
Read OnSessions
Date: 02/23/2004You'll find the best Trad Sessions in Waterford at Kitty Kieran's.
Read OnInside Dublin
Date: 02/08/2004"Jack, 4, needed to see a dentist. The two pediatric dentists in Ireland both practice in Dublin, so we made a trip of it--a little business...some family time...and Jack's teeth taken care of..."
Read OnCheap Dental Care in Ireland
Date: 01/19/2004Red wine...cigarettes...strong black espresso coffee...Jägermeister (a brown herbal liquor I enjoyed during my recent trip to Austria)... This morning, I came to the conclusion that my teeth looked as if they’d been pickled in wood stain.
Read OnPay Nothing For Healthcare
Date: 01/19/2004Red wine...cigarettes...strong black espresso coffee...Jägermeister (a brown herbal liquor I enjoyed during my recent trip to Austria)...
Read OnResidency, Citizenship, and Domicile
Date: 01/12/2004"We think we want to apply for Irish citizenship. Our son, Jack, born here in Ireland four years ago, is already a dual citizen, with both U.S. and Irish passports..."
Read OnThe Best Place to Shop For a Christmas Tree in Ireland
Date: 12/08/2003A few miles outside the city of Kilkenny, on the Callan Road in Cuffesgrange, you'll find Highbank Farm, at one time a big Irish estate with impressive stone stables.
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