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At the conference diner there was a representation of Irish dances before we actually start to dance ourselves. Irish dance involve a very high level of practice as the body remain straight when the feet and legs makes you turn and jump. Despite doing more sport recently, Irish dancing was making me very hot and sweaty but it was also a lot of fun. I hope you'll enjoy watching the following video of our professional dancers of the evening.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Ireland : Beaghmore stones circles
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After the American folk park, we went to Beaghmore to see the celtic stones circles. It's really strange to see that so many years after the construction, the circles of stones are still there and that they are hiding so many secrets about human history. The celtic culture and especially the celtic constructions such as megaliths or stones circles remain unexplained by science until now. Who knows how many years will be necessary to unravel such mysteries and understand what happened so long ago? What was the purpose of those constructions?
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After the American folk park, we went to Beaghmore to see the celtic stones circles. It's really strange to see that so many years after the construction, the circles of stones are still there and that they are hiding so many secrets about human history. The celtic culture and especially the celtic constructions such as megaliths or stones circles remain unexplained by science until now. Who knows how many years will be necessary to unravel such mysteries and understand what happened so long ago? What was the purpose of those constructions?
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Ireland : American folk park
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On Sunday we went to the American folk park. The American folk park is a open air museum which tell the story of the immigration from Ireland to America. The immigration was mainly due to the famine that touched Ireland with the potato decease. A lot of poor people died in the period of Irish history and a lot of others saved money to pay the transport by boat to Pennsylvania. In the American side of the park, houses from Pennsylvania have been imported to complete the museum.
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On Sunday we went to the American folk park. The American folk park is a open air museum which tell the story of the immigration from Ireland to America. The immigration was mainly due to the famine that touched Ireland with the potato decease. A lot of poor people died in the period of Irish history and a lot of others saved money to pay the transport by boat to Pennsylvania. In the American side of the park, houses from Pennsylvania have been imported to complete the museum.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Ireland : cathedral St Patrick and Inch Abbey
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We then took the ferry in Portaferry to go to Downpatrick where we visited the St Patrick museum telling the story of St Patrick's life when he was kidnapped from England and sold as a slave in Ireland then escape before coming back to Christianize the pagan island. Then we went to see the cathedral St Patrick and to the ruin of Inch Abbey.
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We then took the ferry in Portaferry to go to Downpatrick where we visited the St Patrick museum telling the story of St Patrick's life when he was kidnapped from England and sold as a slave in Ireland then escape before coming back to Christianize the pagan island. Then we went to see the cathedral St Patrick and to the ruin of Inch Abbey.
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