Blasket View Cliffs
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Slightly off the beaten track, these cliffs are meant to be the largest cliffs in County Kerry. A nice little walk up there, so worth the little a trip in any case.
The Ring of Kerry is a tourist trail in County Kerry, south-western Ireland. The route covers the 17...
Waterville, usually your lunch stop on the Ring tours. Charlie Chaplin used to live a good few years ...
In the 1920s and 1930s the Blasket Island writers produced books which are deemed classics in the wor...
The Dingle Peninsula stretches 30 miles (48 kilometres) into the Atlantic Ocean from Ireland's south-...
The Dingle Peninsula stretches 30 miles (48 kilometres) into the Atlantic Ocean from Ireland's south-...
The lighthouse itself is maintained by Dingle Harbour Commissioners and was built in 1885 for a total...
Bull’s Head Extract from The Dingle Peninsula by Steve MacDonagh. About three-quarters of a mile from...
An Searrach (the foal) is a sea stack formed by the wild Atlantic ocean waves. Located on the souther...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
