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Snow!?? Really!??

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Dirty, wet daffodil. Ahhh...springtime in Ireland!

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The famine statues on the quays. I find them incredibly haunting. They're 'walking' towards the end of the quays where the ships would have been moored.

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Only in Ireland....

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Happy St Patrick's Day!

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Under the portico at the Bank of Ireland.

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Another in my post box series (aka a boring day). The symbol on this one stands for 'Posts & Telegraphs' and is post-1949.

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This post box is from King Edward VII who reigned from 1901-1910, so a bit older than the last one I posted.

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Post box from the reign of George V. Erected between 1910 and 1920 in Ireland.

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Christmas lights in Cork! Their tree is WAY better than Dublin's!

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In this season of consumerism, I give you the symbol of the Irish economy - the shell of the Anglo-Irish Bank. This is what it looked like a year ago when the economy crashed and a year later there is still no money to finish it.

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Please note the placement of the sun in Dublin at 11:50am on December 15th. It's low and on its way down! Frankly, I'm just happy it made an appearance at all!

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I saw this at the GPO when I was posting my Christmas cards and I thought was so cute! I even saw a little kid posting his letter!

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In Ireland you have to pay to even LOOK at Santa. He lives in a grotto and you pay to go in there and sit on his lap. I wouldn't be surprised if you have to then pay extra for photos. This makes me a little sad. This is Santa's house in Jervis. It's much nicer than his house in the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre.

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The River Liffey is tidal so it's always going up and down. I was crossing the river today and noticed that it was higher than normal due to all of the rain we've been having in Ireland. We've been fortunate that we haven't been affected by any of the horrible flooding that they've had elsewhere in the country.

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Public sector workers were striking today in Ireland. Sorry, but striking due to the possibility of loss of a pay raise...during a recession...when the population is emigrating just to find employment...is really stupid. No one is getting any support from this unemployed person!

Oh, and apparently being on strike means you just stand around, holding a sign and talking to friends or texting on your phone. Some of the strikers did actually walk in a circle, but there is no chanting. Boo!

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Liz and I saw this parade on Grafton Street today. We thought it was a parade for the local radio station since that's what was on the banners they were waving. Wrong! They eventually stopped parading and chanted about how Ireland is going to beat France in the football this weekend. Boring!

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MOLD MUST DIE!!!!

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This one is for Geeta.

Imagine my surprise when this opportunity popped up on the Luas? You challenged me to get a picture of this hideous trend in shoes that has hit Ireland and Britain. I have to say, I doubted it would happen, but this gentleman was nice enough to model his dirty shoe on a tram pole. Unfortunately, his feet weren't freakishly long so you couldn't get the full effect.

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This is shopping in Ireland. I don't get it. People destroy the displays. A few weeks ago M&S had a sale and I wish I would have taken a picture of the carnage. It looked like a tornado flew through the store.