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    		IN THIS ISSUE
    === Foreword
    === Write an Article - get a prize!
    === News Snaps from Ireland 
    === New free resources at the site
    === Tourist Tip #2: Where to eat
    === The Life of Padraig Pearse
    === The Three Daughters of the King of the Sea
    === Glen Aarma by Linda Fratello 
    === Gaelic Phrases of the Month
    === Monthly free competition result
    
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    FOREWORD
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    Welcome to the March edition of our newsletter, 
    now in its tenth year with the anniversary 
    occurring this September (we promise you a 
    bumper issue)!
    
    This month we feature the second in our series 
    of 'Tourist Tips' as well as a biography of the 
    famous Irish rebel, Padraig Pearse. If you have an 
    article, famous Irish person biography, story or 
    poem please do send it in.
    
    Until next month,
    
    Michael
    
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    NEWS SNAPS FROM IRELAND
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    CRACKDOWN ON DRINKING CULTURE IMMINENT
    
    The continued increase in drink-related crime has 
    prompted the Irish Government to consider tough new 
    laws to handle the problem. The current legal 
    drinking age is 18 but this will possibly be raised 
    to 21 under new legislation being considered. 
    Drinking in public places is to be curbed and 
    parents who allow their children to drink and 
    cause havoc may themselves be found criminally 
    liable.
    
    Ireland is consistently in the top two or three in 
    surveys of alcohol consumption in Europe. While 
    Irish Pubs are constantly promoted as a great 
    tourist attraction the stark reality is that random 
    violent crime as well as a stubbornly high 
    incidence of road traffic fatalities have all been 
    linked to excessive alcohol consumption. 
    
    The alcohol limit for drivers is to be cut to 
    50mg per 100 millilitres of blood and to 20mg for 
    learner drivers and professional drivers. The 
    current 80mg limit is the highest allowed in 
    Europe.
    
    HOUSE PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL
    
    The latest house price survey to be published has 
    shown that prices fell again by 0.8% in February, 
    following on from the 0.7% fall in January. 
    Nationally prices are down by 8.8% in the last 
    year. While these numbers hardly represent a 
    housing crash there is little doubt among 
    commentators and builders alike that this is a 
    major 'correction' that the housing market needed. 
    Some builders have responded by slashing up to 50 
    thousand euro off the price of their latest housing 
    developments and have been rewarded with actual 
    queues of buyers snapping up what they perceive 
    as real value in the marketplace.
    
    Those taking a more optimistic view of the market 
    have pointed out that sales by auction have picked 
    up greatly in recent months while estate agents 
    are convinced that the penny has finally dropped 
    with sellers who are reducing their asking prices 
    accordingly. The second half of 2007 was marked by 
    a standoff between sellers who expected 
    unrealistically high prices and buyers who wanted 
    to wait until the market has bottomed out. The
    spectacle of builders cutting their prices and of 
    buyers queueing to buy a property indicate that 
    the bottom of the downturn may indeed be in sight.
    
    MUSIC DOWNLOAD CASE TO BE HEARD IN IRISH COURT
    
    An important legal action has been taken by 4 
    record companies who want to force Eircom (the 
    largest broadband service provider in Ireland) to 
    prevent illegal downloads of their copyrighted 
    music. Previous legal actions in Ireland have been 
    aimed at the actual people who have downloaded the 
    music rather than the telecoms provider whose 
    service was used. Sales of music have dropped by 
    30% in Ireland since 2001, a number which broadly 
    mirrors the experience of other countries where 
    downloading of music over the internet has really 
    taken off since the turn of the century.
    
    This case has huge implications for the use of the 
    internet in Ireland as it essentially seeks to 
    make the telecoms providers at least partly 
    responsible for crimes committed using their 
    network.
    
    DIVIDED OPINIONS ON THE CONDITION OF THE ECONOMY
    
    Economists and commentators are divided in Ireland 
    as to the prospects for the economy. Pessimists 
    are predicting GDP in the 2% range or even lower
    with one particularly downbeat academic predicting 
    a collapse of the Irish banking system. The more 
    optimistic of the economic classes have offered 
    2.5% growth in 2008 with 4.5% in 2009 as the more 
    likely outcome.
    
    It is clear that the slowdown in construction 
    activity is having an effect both in terms of 
    employment and government tax revenue but it 
    is unclear yet if this slowdown merely constitutes 
    the removal of 'excessive exuberance' or 
    represents a more serious and prolonged decline. 
    It is widely acknowledged that Ireland is a lot 
    less exposed to the sub-prime problems being 
    experienced by other major economies, but the 
    imminent downturn/recession (choose your own word) 
    in the US is certain to hit the Irish economy, 
    especially given the big contribution that foreign 
    multinationals (Google, Intel, etc.) based in 
    Ireland make to the economy (as much as 8% of tax 
    revenue and 90,000 employed).
    
    The huge increase in the cost of oil (is this a 
    'bubble' or a permanent feature?) and the decrease 
    in the value of the US dollar relative to the Euro 
    (either caused by the spike in oil prices or the 
    other way around - you decide) will definitely 
    damage Irish prospects. It is also unclear if all 
    of the immigrants who flocked into Ireland will 
    now return home or will continue to find 
    employment (or perhaps stay to claim unemployment 
    welfare). 
    
    It is easy to see why even qualified experienced 
    economists are finding this a difficult subject 
    to predict.
    
    DROP IN NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN IRELAND
    
    Figures released by the Irish government have 
    revealed that the number of people seeking a PPS 
    number (similar to s Social Security Number) has 
    fallen dramatically. January and February of 2007 
    saw the issuing of 23,226 PPS numbers, compared 
    with 14,409 in the first two months of this year. 
    The largest decline has been in the number of PPSs 
    issued to Romanians but the numbers issued to 
    Poles, Lithuanians, Slovaks and Bulgarians have 
    also fallen sharply.
    
    The downturn in the Irish economy together with 
    the an improvement in the economies of many 
    eastern European countries (particularly Poland 
    and Slovakia) are cited as the main reason for 
    this downward trend.
    
    
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    TOURIST TIP #2: WHERE TO EAT
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    Food and drink can be expensive in Ireland but 
    like most countries there are plenty of places 
    to find cheaper alternatives without sacrificing 
    too much on quality.
    
    RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS: Just like everywhere else 
    there is a huge variance in the prices charged by 
    restaurants depending on the type of food served 
    and the 'trendiness' of the establishment. A quick 
    glance at the menu posted outside most 
    restaurants will give you an indication of the 
    type of place inside. Ireland has a large number 
    of restaurants serving foreign food with Chinese, 
    Italian, and Indian being the most popular 
    although practically every ethnic group is catered 
    for, especially in Dublin. In general Italian 
    restaurants will be more expensive than Chinese 
    and Indian restaurants, considerably so in some 
    cases. Dining in hotels is probably the most 
    expensive option available although if you have 
    booked meals as part of your accommodation charge 
    then good value can be had. Some hotels have 
    'pub-food' options in their bar area which can 
    be relatively inexpensive.
    
    PUBS: Dining in a pub is generally cheaper than 
    in a dedicated restaurant. The development of 
    the pub dining experience in recent years has 
    occurred partly as a response to the ban on smoking 
    in pubs which hit business hard. The result has 
    been an big increase in the number of pubs 
    (sometimes called Gastro-pubs) that offer really 
    great quality food at affordable prices. Most 
    pubs will offer the usual selections of steaks, 
    burgers and chicken dishes as well as a few 
    Chinese or even Indian options served with local 
    vegetables. While the experience may not be as 
    intimate as a restaurant and is likely to be 
    noisier, it is sometimes this very hurly-burly 
    that is the attraction! You might want to check 
    out if there is a big sporting event being shown 
    on television as a lot of pubs have big screens 
    and multiple TVs dotted around their premises 
    to draw in a crowd.
    
    TAKE-AWAYS: The famous Irish 'chipper' is a an 
    institution with claims that the Irish 'fish and 
    chips' is simply the best in the world being 
    unchallenged at the time of writing. It is ironic 
    therefore that most Irish chippers are run by 
    Italians! These usually offer good quality food 
    at modest prices. While it is true from a health 
    standing that you would not want to be eating 
    'chipper' food every day, there is no doubt that 
    while on vacation it can be a great treat. A lot 
    of these establishments now offer pizza and even 
    pasta dishes to take away. Very few have any 
    seating available.
    
    FAST-FOOD: Ireland has the usual selection of 
    fast food companies such as McDonalds, Abrakebabra, 
    KFC, as well as a multitude of Pizza joints. You 
    probably know by now what to expect! A quick word 
    of caution here though. Ireland has its share of 
    drink-related crime like any other country. In 
    recent years the fast-food joints that stay open 
    until the small hours have become a great 
    attraction for drinkers on their way home after a 
    night on the town. While there is no reason to 
    think that you will encounter any trouble it is 
    as well to exercise a bit of extra vigilance if 
    you end up in a late night eatery. Wandering 
    around town centres in the small hours when the 
    pubs are emptying out is not an activity to be 
    recommended in any country!
    
    GARAGES AND SHOPS: Yes the place where you fill 
    up the car with petrol is now a dining option! 
    The development of large garage forecourts and 
    the placing of grocery stores within them is a 
    recent occurrence. A lot of the larger garages 
    now have seated areas and small food counters 
    where hot food is served daily (sometimes 24 
    hours!). If you are driving around Ireland then 
    these places can certainly help the bank balance 
    while offering quick simple food of good quality. 
    Many larger shops and supermarkets now have 
    dining areas attached. Most offer quick 'snack' 
    food such as wraps, sandwiches and baguettes but 
    some even offer full dinner menus.
    
    DIY: If you have the facility to prepare your own 
    food and meals then there are lots of places to 
    buy your basic needs. It is difficult to 
    generalise about prices but typically the larger 
    supermarkets (Dunnes Stores, Tesco, Superquinn) 
    will be cheaper than the smaller stores (Spar, 
    Costcutters, etc.) who in turn are cheaper than 
    the smallest grocery stores. In general food costs 
    more in Dublin than anywhere else in the country, 
    although all of the big tourist centres have 
    great capacity for over-pricing their wares! If 
    dining at home then it is worthwhile checking out 
    the various delivery options that Chinese, Indian 
    and Pizza joints offer. Most offer delivery after 
    6pm with the modest delivery charge added to the 
    overall price (a small gratuity to the delivery 
    person is the norm).
    
    
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    THE LIFE OF PADRAIG PEARSE
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    Patrick Pearse was born in Dublin, on November 10, 
    1879 to an English father (he was a sculptor) and 
    an Irish mother. 
    
    Pearse became interested in the heritage and 
    history of Ireland at a very early age and joined 
    the Gaelic League when 21 years old. The purpose 
    of the league was to promote Irish tradition and 
    language and it was very much part of the revival 
    of Gaelic consciousness that took place at the 
    turn of the century. Pearse was an enthusiastic 
    member and became editor of the leagues newspaper: 
    An Claidheamh Solais ('The Sword of Light'). 
    
    Pearse tried to use knowledge and education to 
    defeat the English and insisted on the use of the 
    native Irish language and founded St. Enda's 
    College near Dublin in 1908. St. Enda's structured 
    its curriculum around Irish traditions and 
    culture and tutored in both the Irish and English 
    languages. 
    
    Pearse was a pioneer of Irish writing and 
    published poems, stories, articles and essays to 
    further the identification of Ireland as a 
    separate culture. 
    
    The Gaelic League inevitably attracted militant 
    nationalists and Pearse soon realised that it 
    would take more than education and tradition to 
    break the link with England. 
    
    In July 1914, Pearse was made a member of the 
    Supreme Council of the Irish Republican 
    Brotherhood (IRB), a militant group that 
    believed in using force to throw the British 
    out of Ireland. 
    
    When England entered the First World War Irish 
    nationalism split between those who wanted to 
    take advantage of England's plight and those 
    (including John Redmond) who wanted to assist 
    England in the war in the hope of getting 
    concessions when it was over. 
    
    John Redmond, a member of Parliament fighting 
    for Home Rule, took a pro-British stance during 
    the war. This alienated many Irish citizens and 
    support for the Brotherhood grew. Shortly before 
    1915, the Irish Republican Brotherhood had plans 
    for a full military revolution in Ireland. 
    Pearse was a believer in a revolution while the 
    British were occupied fighting a war in Europe. 
    Pearse was opposed to Redmond's stance and felt 
    that the only way to liberate Ireland was by 
    insurrection. His famous oration at the funeral 
    of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (an Irish 
    revolutionary) in August 1915 demonstrates this: 
    
    'We stand at Rossa's grave not in sadness, but 
    in exultation of spirit... This is a place of 
    peace sacred to the dead, where men should speak 
    with all charity and all restraint, but I hold it 
    a Christian thing... to hate evil, to hate 
    untruth, to hate oppression, and hating them to 
    strive to overthrow them... while Ireland holds 
    these graves, Ireland unfree, shall never be 
    at peace.' 
    
    Pearse was heavily involved with the planning of 
    the 1916 Easter Rising which was the catalyst for 
    the subsequent War of Independence, Civil War and 
    eventual declaration of a Republic in 1949. 
    
    The Rising failed as Pearse must have known it 
    must. He was executed on May 3, 1916 with 
    fourteen other rebels. 
    
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    THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF THE SEA 
    by Terry Flanagan
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    FOREWORD: In the Folklore of Ireland and other 
    maritime countries, there is a profusion of 
    stories concerning seals. Possibly due to the 
    fact that they come ashore and that their head, 
    when seen at a distance above water, bears a
    resemblance to a human head, it was said that 
    they were human beings under a spell.
    
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    Many years ago, there was one family of Conneelys 
    living in Errismore very close to the sea. They 
    had one son, a fine young man. On May Day each 
    year, three seals used to come ashore on a very 
    big flat rock that was high above the tide.
    There was a cave, five or six yards deep, at the 
    back of the rock, under a cliff.
    
    When the seals came up on the rock, each of them 
    used to take off the hood that was tied about 
    its neck and throw it into the cave behind them. 
    As soon as they took off the hoods, they became 
    the three finest women that the sun had
    ever shone upon, and they would go out swimming, 
    each with a golden head of hair. The third woman 
    was the most beautiful of all. 
    
    When they grew tired after swimming for two or 
    three hours, they would come back on to the rock
    again. Each of them would then take her own hood 
    and tie it about her neck. She would become a 
    seal immediately. After spending about half an 
    hour on the rock, the three seals would dive 
    into the sea together and disappear from sight.
    
    Young Conneely used to watch them every May Day. 
    He liked the youngest woman best of all. He was 
    working in the field one day at the end of Spring 
    when he met an old man who he never saw before. 
    He spoke to the old man, each of them telling his 
    own story. Conneely told him about the three seals 
    that used to come to the rock every May Day. 
    
    'There's one of them a lot nicer and more beautiful 
    than the other two,' said he.
    
    'I'd say that you have a liking for her,' 
    said the man.
    
    'Indeed, I have,' said Conneely.
    'I'm in love with her, but I've no chance of 
    ever getting her.'
    
    'I have an idea who they are' said the man. 
    'I have heard talk about them. What would you give 
    to the person who would tell you the way you might 
    get the one you want?'
    
    'Oh, I'm only a poor man,' said Conneely. 
    'All I could give you as a reward is my seven 
    thousand blessings.'
    
    'That's a good reward,' said the man. 'I'll tell 
    you what you must do. When next May Day comes, 
    hide yourself in the cave early in the morning, 
    and when they throw their hoods into it, you 
    must put the young seals hood inside your shirt. 
    Keep the other two hoods in your hands. The
    three women will be screaming and wailing, each 
    of them asking for her own hood, and saying that 
    their father will kill them if they aren't home 
    by a certain hour. They are the three daughters 
    of the King of the Sea. You mustn't give the 
    youngest woman her hood, at any price, no matter
    what screaming and complaining she does. Give the 
    hoods to the other two. Then walk towards your 
    house, and the youngest one will follow you. You 
    must hide the hood in a place she'll never see it. 
    If she does, you'll have finished with her.'
    
    'You may be sure that I'll never give her the 
    hood,' said Conneely. 
    'I love her too much for that!'
    
    The old man then stood up and left, and Conneely 
    never laid eyes on him again. May Day came, and at 
    dawn, Conneely hid himself in the cave. Soon the 
    three seals came up to the rock. Each of them took 
    off the hood, and threw it into the cave, and they 
    were the finest women to have ever raised their 
    faces to the sky. The youngest was the most
    beautiful of all. When the three women jumped in 
    to swim, Conneely picked up her hood and shoved it 
    inside his shirt. He kept the other two in his 
    hands. He waited until they came back to the rock. 
    When they saw him with the hoods in his hands, 
    they asked him for them, but he refused. They
    started to wail at the top of their voices, saying 
    that their father would kill them if they weren't 
    home early in the evening. He threw her hood to 
    the eldest, and to the second eldest. The two 
    seals jumped into the sea together and swam off.
    
    The youngest seal was left behind, and her cries 
    could be heard for miles. He told her that he 
    wouldn't give her the hood and he asked her to 
    go home with him. She had no wish to, but she had 
    no option but to follow him to his house. She spent 
    the night there, and they got married the next
    day. He hid the hood in the roof of the house, 
    between the thatch and the sods. They lived 
    happily together, and five sons were born to them. 
    There wasn't a better worker to be found. But 
    each day, when he was out at sea, fishing, she
    would weep her fill.
    
    One fine summer's day, the husband was out at sea, 
    fishing, and his wife was working in the fields. 
    When she looked back at the house, it was on fire. 
    There were two or three other houses nearby and 
    she shouted to them for help. Two or three men 
    came and started throwing water on the burning 
    thatch, while she stood watching them. Suddenly, a 
    large clump of thatch fell down near her and in it 
    was the hood. She grabbed it, tied it about her 
    neck and she was immediately turned into a seal. 
    She ran down to the sea and was gone.
    
    Her five sons followed her to the shore but failed 
    to find her. They returned home, crying for their 
    mother. When Conneely returned home in the evening, 
    the house was half burned, his wife had gone and 
    the children were waiting for him. He sat down with 
    them, and he too cried his fill until morning. As 
    soon as the children got up in the morning, they 
    went down to where they had seen their mother go 
    into the sea, hoping to see her. And they did. She 
    came in close to the shore where they were and 
    spoke to them. And there wasn't a day that came 
    during the next five years that they didn't go 
    down to the sea, and she came every day and talked 
    to them. When the five years were up, she told 
    them that they would never see her again.
    
    There were very few Conneelys in Errismore at 
    that time. But you couldn't count all of them 
    now that descended from the five sons of the 
    seal-woman. That's why, to this very
    day, it is said that the Conneelys are related to 
    the seals.
    
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    The above Tale was provided by Terry Flanagan of 
    the Irish Seal Sanctuary:
    
    'Our aim is the conservation of marine mammals and in
    particular seals. Seals are the enchanted people and the
    Grey Seal is the world's first protected species.'
    
    http://www.irishsealsanctuary.ie
    
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    GLEN AARMA
    by Linda  Fratello 
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    O' Ulster village so perfectly placed 
    beside the shimmering sea 
    at first glance in picturesque paintings, 
    rich verse, aging prints and postcards 
    I was so spellbound by your natural beauty.  
     
    Glen Aarma a quaint and lovely village so 
    enthrallingly historic with roots Medieval
    Yet another unbelievable, enduring place from 
    turreted castle to Georgian cottage 
    that once again so poetically defines 
    'time-forgotten' Ireland to me.
     
    O, Glen Aarma nestled so wonderfully and 
    perfectly (like a baby in its' mother's loving 
    and adoring gaze) in the star-brilliant
    sapphire-blue-green curve of the Irish Sea.  
    Nearby, embracing the stunning length of the 
    Antrim Coast lie the winding Coastal road 
    holding back the wild, fitful foam and waves!
     
    Beneath the Majestic Glens rising and sweeping 
    down in her timeless shamrock-and-clover-green 
    patchworked quilt embrace, Medieval Churches 
    and sturdy stone cottages repose on tan sands.
     
    On a lone cliff, even in her jagged-grey, 
    abandoned, romantic, ruins Dunluce Castle 
    defiantly remains on guard 
    for the Earls o' Antrim. A proud, first seat, 
    equally as grand as its' successor gracing 
    Glen Aarma today! Each Castle of Auld respectfully 
    and magnificently never outshadowing the other! 
     
    To join these silent, loyal guardians, the Glenarm 
    river divides the treasured town in two, flowing 
    ever near the Barbican gate, that in less tamer 
    times, held back the Earls' doomed enemies 
    with deadly, boiling ooze.
     
    Such beauty, a rare pearl. Towering towers and 
    cupolas o' auld to grace the upper Glens. Those 
    sturdy, granite-brown walls that I so long to 
    see and explore. So solid and steadfast like the 
    MacDonalds throughout the ages. The stories and 
    histories that they would tell of the lovely castle 
    where they've dwelled since the Thirteenth Century!
     
    To further envelope the elegant estate, lies an 
    Eighteenth Century walled garden 
    with modern touches.
    A beautiful, blossoming blend of old and new 
    Once the MacDonalds life, (for here grew the 
    produce of their tables) now an ornamental delight 
    Wonderful water features to enchant: 
    Luscious apples, Pears and tongue-twisting, 
    lettuce-green limes! Bulbs exploding into the 
    richest, royal purples! Splashes of blood-red 
    poppies, heaven-sent yellow and cloud-whites.
     
    Fiery, lava-oranges reaching towards the brilliant 
    sun. Neatly manicured hedges-some square, others 
    slithering snake-like. Nearby the bold, brave 
    birds of falconry flight. Tamed and trained to 
    entertain and further compliment the Lovely estate. 
    In summer's infancy, the modern Scottish warriors 
    gather at the Highland Games to show off their 
    steely strength shared with his lengendary 
    ancestors.
     
    I ponder too the centuries-old cemetery carefully 
    cradled by the shamrock-green Glens 
    Its' worn and weathered headstones marked by the 
    eternal, respectful ages- Incredibly 600 years! 
    Sheltering the precious dust of founding families 
    long since with the LORD.
    Too, the present-day families who have followed 
    into eternal life-Those dear love ones ever in 
    our heartfelt prayers,
    Never to be forgotten. 
    This is Glen Aarma, County Antrim
     
    Linda Marie Fratello, 
    Huntingburg, Indiana, 
    March 25th, 2008  
     
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