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The Emerald Isle is a blog dedicated to all things Ireland. 

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This blog is open to submissions &amp; questions or comments.
Meet The Admins:
Kristin - International Studies student from Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Interested in travel, art, culture, &amp; the French new wave.  Corco - Irish rambler from the wild boglands of the midlands of Ireland! Interested in local and international history, Irish language and folklore, art,  international cultures, &amp; outdoor pursuits.</description><title>Ireland</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @theemeraldisle)</generator><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>dreapadoireacht:

Interested sheep in an abandoned house on the...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4d51354aaa8b5665c92ad6c26bfd545c/tumblr_mnvuyy3TVH1qzj83go1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dreapadoireacht.tumblr.com/post/52157075150/interested-sheep-in-an-abandoned-house-on-the" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;dreapadoireacht&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interested sheep in an abandoned house on the slopes of Sliabh an Iarainn, Co. Leitrim&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/52238683417</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/52238683417</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:30:28 -0400</pubDate><category>Leitrim</category><category>Ireland</category></item><item><title>Fields of wild flowers, Ireland.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f9a20c06c2e46fc6193840c4c37c4be/tumblr_mnvv8y92z01qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/71ff0d94915b38a9caf33ce05bb5379b/tumblr_mnvv8y92z01qzllifo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8dce64d75c62d192d042cad18361c5b/tumblr_mnvv8y92z01qzllifo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/225ec1f37ab3864124e414e1858c88c9/tumblr_mnvv8y92z01qzllifo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/536ba6108bf736713bf542e9e2a07ab0/tumblr_mnvv8y92z01qzllifo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fields of wild flowers, Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/52157888846</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/52157888846</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:30:02 -0400</pubDate><category>Leitrim</category><category>Ireland</category></item><item><title>Beautiful abandoned house on the Kerry way (walking route)...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/20a2ed075f1a5b1e4deaae7a0022b0a9/tumblr_mnvnjpyeVz1qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beautiful abandoned house on the Kerry way (walking route) between Sneem and Kenmare.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://leiraenkai.deviantart.com/art/quot-There-s-still-life-there-quot-216742928"&gt;“There’s still life there…”&lt;/a&gt; by ~&lt;a href="http://leiraenkai.deviantart.com/"&gt;LeiraEnkai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/52147125180</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/52147125180</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:38:12 -0400</pubDate><category>Kerry</category><category>Ireland</category><category>abandoned</category></item><item><title>stunning</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/25826026517b28f2f7009521e2016bb8/tumblr_mnm0e249gF1qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;stunning&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/51783946632</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/51783946632</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 01:07:47 -0400</pubDate><category>submission</category></item><item><title>Fungi
Wonderful submission! Thanks waverleyacademy!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2845facf0cf4ff9c1c635f52d31259be/tumblr_mnm0g9tGo71qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fungi&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wonderful submission! Thanks &lt;a href="http://waverleyacademy.tumblr.com/"&gt;waverleyacademy&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/51783934073</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/51783934073</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 01:07:33 -0400</pubDate><category>submission</category></item><item><title>Street performer Dublin city</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/801d8f92b18277be640ffeb09d498b49/tumblr_mnka63Ky3k1qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Street performer Dublin city&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/51657334736</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/51657334736</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 14:39:26 -0400</pubDate><category>submission</category></item><item><title>killarney lake hotel view</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/deb080cc03e65acbe50643475113846c/tumblr_mnka4kCNG61qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" data-ft='{"type":45}'&gt;&lt;span class="hasCaption"&gt;killarney lake hotel view&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList"&gt;&lt;span class="fcg"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/51657329258</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/51657329258</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 14:39:20 -0400</pubDate><category>submission</category></item><item><title>franw617:

Ireland
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/20b33026752dc559a10fac304ad328a4/tumblr_mmz1diGN2Y1s9w4ffo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://franw617.tumblr.com/post/50695084181/ireland"&gt;franw617&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ireland&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50842928577</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50842928577</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:23 -0400</pubDate><category>Sligo</category><category>Ireland</category></item><item><title>em—bee:

levitus:

Ireland~

They don’t call it the...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdnxji8bDW1r8w6odo1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdnxji8bDW1r8w6odo2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdnxji8bDW1r8w6odo3_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdnxji8bDW1r8w6odo4_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://em--bee.tumblr.com/post/50450222783/levitus-ireland-they-dont-call-it-the" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;em—bee&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://levitus.tumblr.com/post/35957633857/ireland"&gt;levitus&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ireland~&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They don’t call it the emerald isle for no reason! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50481193393</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50481193393</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:13:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>amazing blog!thank for do it :)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;You’re welcome!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50214804144</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50214804144</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:59:55 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>4dele:

untitled by kathleen patrice on Flickr.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c2d8f81b9a1c021699c34e8ee675c4e4/tumblr_mmcuqd331T1qmc07eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://4dele.tumblr.com/post/50054489858/untitled-by-kathleen-patrice-on-flickr"&gt;4dele&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/katy_kildee/3850922177/" title="untitled"&gt;untitled&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/katy_kildee/"&gt;kathleen patrice&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50187993403</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50187993403</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:30:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>lightboxes:

Little Skellig, County Kerry, Ireland (by Vincent...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/632bc083867ae91867e0e4a2e375a34f/tumblr_mmk7k4uP3j1qbzekio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lightboxes.tumblr.com/post/50057289827/little-skellig-county-kerry-ireland-by-vincent"&gt;lightboxes&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Little Skellig, County Kerry, Ireland (by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vincentbesanceney/5218177011/in/pool-aqe/"&gt;Vincent Besanceney&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50105452322</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/50105452322</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:30:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Road to Bencroy, Co. Leitrim</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef3c6683792d691796359efb2ea853f0/tumblr_mmebnyvPSY1qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Road to Bencroy, Co. Leitrim&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49950370865</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49950370865</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:30:09 -0400</pubDate><category>Leitrim</category><category>Ireland</category><category>nature</category></item><item><title>celticcrosses:

Cross at Reefert Church, Glendalough, Co....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c6ff89a52a484a447cf105ae7d593d77/tumblr_mmcaukI8SA1r4qg78o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://celticcrosses.tumblr.com/post/49708308001/cross-at-reefert-church-glendalough-co-wicklow" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;celticcrosses&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cross at Reefert Church, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49871615549</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49871615549</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:30:11 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Glendalough, Co. Wicklow</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/642520729adfdbe0ba9e06cfd2c24257/tumblr_mmcangO9Qa1qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Glendalough, Co. Wicklow&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49791531963</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49791531963</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:30:08 -0400</pubDate><category>Wicklow</category><category>Ireland</category></item><item><title>Fairy bridge, 
Lough Key forest park, 
Co. Roscommon</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fa831530c43f4868d62f7281694bc736/tumblr_mmc4lccyPD1qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae328d259bc597b87deaac855f55b0db/tumblr_mmc4lccyPD1qzllifo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4f5eb1a7852f5aeb3c90240ac6cd86eb/tumblr_mmc4lccyPD1qzllifo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a609536a0603abde73d9750f42155766/tumblr_mmc4lccyPD1qzllifo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c24b9e49e63cf796d2bd3a70f769a818/tumblr_mmc4lccyPD1qzllifo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6db4c3c4e1aced1ff5cb8bec72920432/tumblr_mmc4lccyPD1qzllifo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fairy bridge, 
Lough Key forest park, 
Co. Roscommon&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49709476480</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49709476480</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 15:30:18 -0400</pubDate><category>Roscommon</category><category>Ireland</category></item><item><title>Lough Key forest park

Co. Roscommon</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/831fae73178543fcd16f9a4606a31984/tumblr_mmc49ljCTR1qzllifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lough Key forest park&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Co. Roscommon&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49697107733</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49697107733</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 12:53:45 -0400</pubDate><category>Roscommon</category><category>Ireland</category></item><item><title>medievalart:

Round tower of Glendalough medieval monastery,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ff069f3a4afbc61f130253ca4b4cae4/tumblr_mlzf8499F61rhpxxoo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://medievalart.tumblr.com/post/49137890504/round-tower-of-glendalough-medieval-monastery" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;medievalart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Round tower of Glendalough medieval monastery, Ireland&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49277931148</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49277931148</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:30:38 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>dorasireland:

MoonRise (by BrianDunlea)
Cork Ireland</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/014fc6ae8f8012d8d68adbd3c2166ee6/tumblr_mlzs0fLDoz1qh0a65o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dorasireland.tumblr.com/post/49140875759/moonrise-by-briandunlea-cork-ireland" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;dorasireland&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;MoonRise (by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/briandunlea/8689495110/in/contacts/"&gt;BrianDunlea&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cork Ireland&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49195511693</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49195511693</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:30:03 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>eye-r0ll:

&lt;3</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eac07ab941d553883d5af99638241cf6/tumblr_mlzud4PogJ1qzn81co1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://eye-r0ll.tumblr.com/post/49145134574/3" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;eye-r0ll&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;3&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49149582578</link><guid>http://theemeraldisle.tumblr.com/post/49149582578</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:41:24 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
