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Time In The Green Land: Exploring The Many Wonders Of Ireland

The literary resonance of Ireland mesmerises one as much as its natural beauty

The colourful 'pack of cards' in Cobh Photo: Shutterstock
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Now that I've squeezed through the chinks of a wall of large American tourists there are just a few millimetres of glass between me and the 9th century. The Book of Kells, on display in the Library at Dublin's Trinity College, is an illuminated manuscript that grabs the viewer by her collar and pulls her into its pages.

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