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RebelOne

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19. I have been to Ireland once.

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #17)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:06 PM

Feb 2013

I always wondered why it was called the Emerald Isle. I soon found out because it had been snowing and the grass was still green under the snow. I went to Ireland because the ancestors on both sides of my family were Irish and I wanted to see my roots. It is a great country and the people were warm and wonderful. I am not a beer drinker, but when I do drink it, I prefer Guinness Stout. So I also wanted to go to an Irish pub in Dublin and get Guinness on tap.

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