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	<title>Phoenix Rose&#039;s Blog &#187; Ireland</title>
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	<description>The Chronicles of a Girl, Her Dog, and a Lifelong Journey...</description>
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		<title>The Dead Zoo</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2012/04/03/the-dead-zoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April Fools Day in Dublin, brunch, and a visit to "the dead zoo". ]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese New Year 2012, year of the DRAGON</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2012/03/19/chinese-new-year-2012-year-of-the-dragon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having some fun at the Chinese New Year 2012 events in Dublin, back in January.  Plenty of pictures of the Dragon Dance, traditional chinese fashion show, and much more!]]></description>
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		<title>Kylemore Abbey Gardens</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2012/02/15/kylemore-abbey-gardens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several Gardens at Kylemore Abbey - there's the lower gardens, which are filled with trees and walking paths around Lough Pollacappul. Then, there are the upper gardens.  A short drive (or walk) by bus leads you up the hill to the top of the Mountain.  When you first get out of the bus, the view (above) is breathtaking and natural.  As you walk on the pathway, you begin to see the Walls of the garden - surrounded with these giant trees that were so big that I couldn't get my arms around....]]></description>
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		<title>Kylemore Abbey</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2012/02/13/kylemore-abbey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing my travels up the West coast of Ireland last summer, I drove from Salthill’s beautiful Galway Bay hotel, through Connemara and its detours, and then on to Kylemore Abbey. The story of Kylemore Abbey is a story of love and loss, vision and tragedy, and finally hope.  The place is a beautiful home -turned Benedictine Abbey - nestled between a mountain and a lough and well worth the drive. Pictures and a brief history here. ]]></description>
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		<title>Connemara Detours 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second half of the trip from Galway through Connemara up to Kylemore Abbey.  A bit of Irish humor, which was much needed after all of the detours of the drive up. ]]></description>
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		<title>Connemara Detours</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2012/02/11/connemara-detours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit about the challenges of driving in Ireland as I continue my trip from Galway through Connemara and on to Kylemore Abbey.  Detours off the main roads and into the land of rural homes, narrow tracks and past sheep grazing in the street.]]></description>
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		<title>Salthill near Galway</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2012/01/30/salthill-near-galway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few photos from Galway Bay and Salthill, Ireland. ]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2012/01/03/happy-new-year-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went over to Paddy's flat for the New Year's Eve celebrations.  It was a grand party, with plenty of people, a bit of foosball, and one interesting tradition that I was familiar with from living in Germany - the fortune telling by melting lead over a candle. I have been wanting to explain this - and it's slightly amusing that I had to come to Dublin - to see a German tradition in action. ]]></description>
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		<title>Jedward Candy Bar</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2011/12/16/jedward-candy-bar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks, Jedward has come out with a candy bar.  It just makes me want to cry, because it's so painfully pop culture, punny, laughable and sad all at the same time.  Someone else bought it for me as a gift, and my first thought was that I *Had* to blog about it and post pictures, because this is something that is lost in translation (and I'm sure didn't make it across the pond).  So here they are. ]]></description>
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		<title>Glendalough Ruins and Lakes</title>
		<link>http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2011/12/15/glendalough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in March, and again the beginning of June, I decided that I needed to get out of the city and go see a bit more of Ireland.  I had heard many lovely things about a place called "Glenda-lock", which is situated in the Wicklow mountains.  I have to say that after taking a friend there in March, I had to return in June (when the weather was better) and take my mom and a bunch of beautiful photographs.]]></description>
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