http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ireland+Dublin Posts tagged with 'ireland' and 'Dublin' at MetaFilter. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:25:37 -0800 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:25:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72945/Viking%2Dinvasion%2Dends <a href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/viking-invasion-ends-as-longship-sails-home-1423201.html">Viking invasion ends as longship sails home.</a> The <i><a href="http://www.havhingsten.dk/index.php?id=277&L=1">Sea Stallion From Glendalough</a></i>, a replica <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOyM2zRS1m8">Viking</a> longboat (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/62518/This-time-a-welcome-on-Clontarfs-plains">previously</a>), is <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/raiders-vikings.html">returning to Denmark</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72945 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:25:37 -0800 Archaeology Denmark Dublin Ireland Longboat Longship Roskilde Sailing Sleep Vikings homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/71769/Luke%2DKelly%2DThe%2DPerformer Casual fans of Irish folk-punk bands like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=421pZgg-vlY">The Pogues</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePJNCrxpcY">Flogging Molly</a> and the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw-1O_wBYXY">Dropkick Murphys</a> rarely take the time to investigate the sources of their inspiration. Those who do, cannot avoid coming across the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dubliners">The Dubliners</a>. Although the band has undergone many personnel changes during the last 45 years, but there's a sizeable <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/kellyoneill">contingent of fans</a> feel that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5StzrUgmBc&feature=related">The Dubliners</a> lost a sizeable chunk of their <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGWhWmAhMDo&feature=related">magic </a>in 1984 following <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdzhucNeFxc">the death</a> of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WueysWCIq9c&feature=related">banjo player</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtEKUWRpUWg&feature=related">vocalist</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0n8k50Sl5w">Luke Kelly</a>. Anyone interested in exploring Luke Kelly's life and work might check out the YouTube posts of superfan <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/kellyoneill">kellyoneill</a>, or alternatively, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJA3x6_pG7s">recent documentary</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ParanoidFish">Luke Kelly: The Performer</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71769 Mon, 19 May 2008 04:16:56 -0800 dublin folk folkmusic ireland irish kelly luke lukekelly music PeterMcDermott http://www.metafilter.com/62518/This%2Dtime%2Da%2Dwelcome%2Don%2DClontarfs%2Dplains <a href="http://www.havhingsten.dk/index.php?id=277&amp;L=1">Longboat!</a> The <a href="http://www.havhingsten.dk/index.php?id=840&L=1">Sea Stallion</a>, a reconstruction of a <a href="http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/page.asp?sideid=164&zcs=402">ship</a> scuttled off Roskilde will <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/vikingvoyage/index.shtml">sail</a> from Denmark to <a href="http://www.museum.ie/SeaStallion.asp">Dublin</a>, where<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/vikingvoyage/ship_story.shtml"> tests on timbers from the wreck</a> show the original was built in the mid-eleventh century. (<small>Pillaged from <a href="http://sluggerotoole.com/index.php/weblog/comments/the-vikings-are-coming-back/">a centre of Irish learning</a></small>) tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62518 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:23:44 -0800 archaeology Denmark Dublin Havhingsten Ireland littoralViking longboat maritimearchaeology Roskilde Skuldelev Viking Abiezer http://www.metafilter.com/59522/Its%2Dgood%2Dfor%2Dyou <a href="http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/corporate/about_us.aspx">What is the air-speed velocity of the unladen golden plover?</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/24133287@N00/pool/">My</a><a href="http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/"> goodness</a>, <a href="http://www.webtender.com/iforum/message.cgi?id=71999">my</a> <a href="http://www.guinness.com/us_en/beer/default.aspx"> Guinness</a>! <a href="http://www.wombat.ie/misc/guinness.html">Happy</a> <a href="http://webpages.marshall.edu/~bennett7/guinness/gallery.html">St.</a> <a href="http://www.ivo.se/guinness/beginner.html">Patrick's</a> <a href="http://www.12travel.ie/ie/Dublin/guinness.html">Day</a>, <a href="http://www.guinntiques.com/recipes/">Metafilter</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59522 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:04:54 -0800 alcohol beer dublin guinness ireland stout Miko