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From: Pat Connors <>
Subject: Re: [NY IRISH] Dublin
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 14:07:51 -0800
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I stayed on the outskirts of Dublin for a week in May and everyday bused
in to do research at the National Library of Ireland. I had no problems
and found the city very Irish but a city. Shopped all over. They have
a beautiful three story mall near St Stephen's Green on the corner of
Grafton Street. I ate a couple of times in Temple Bar. I have nothing
bad to say about Dublin but then I grew up outside New York City.

Oh, how could I forget, while I was there waiting for a bus at St.
Stephen's Green, President Clinton went by in a limo with a hugh police
escort. He was at a North of Ireland benefit and giving a speech
there. The Irish love him for the work he did trying to bring peace to
the north.

I had heard terrible stories about the crime in both Dublin and Limerick
City from locals all over the country before visiting both. Maybe I was
lucky but had no problems in either city.

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Pat Connors, Sacramento CA
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