Today: September 27, 2012 is Arthur’s Day! A day in which we celebrate and raise a glass of Guinness to Arthur Guinness, an Irish Brewer and founder of the Guinness brewery. In 1759, Arthur Guinness took a 9,000 year lease on the four-acre brewery in St. James’s Gate for an annual rent of 45 pounds. […]
Writer Enrichment: Dublin’s Writer’s Museum
Welcome to Writers’ Uni-Verse-City (or WUVC for short because every university has an acronym), a place where writers/bloggers can meet to discuss the craft of writing in the Internet age. WUVC will involve independent research, setting a curriculum and hopefully finding other participants (like you – readers/bloggers/writers) to: chip in, give tips, suggest books and other materials for […]
Exploring Dublin, Ireland
Ireland is a country that I’ve always wanted to visit since I was kid. As most people know, Dublin is the capital city and is the most often visited by tourists. Of course going to Ireland, I wanted to visit Dublin, but I was more interested and excited about seeing other parts of Ireland – […]
A taste of Ireland
Start you’re day off with a full Irish breakfast. So what do you get when you order a full Irish? Being from Canada, I had a pretty good idea since we are all about the eggs, bacon, hash browns (aka fried potatoes usually in tiny cubes) and toast. When the full Irish was set before […]