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A year without the craic

10/18/2018

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​October 18, 2017.

Somehow, a year
has come and gone since the day I watched the Emerald Isle disappear into the clouds.

It was difficult to say goodbye. I’d made friends there. I’d created a family. I attended a church I loved. I’d worked three jobs, one of which finally put me in my field, however temporarily. My life was there, in that county known as Cork.

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St. Patrick's welcomes a sea of green, gold and orange

3/17/2018

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Originally published March 17, 2017.
In Ireland, the coldest and wettest day of the year is St. Patrick's.


At least, according to the locals.

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Leaving my heart in Ireland

10/22/2017

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"The world is your oyster, hon. Go out and give it your April Dawn all," my mother wrote in my graduation card.

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Much ado about ophelia

10/17/2017

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Three years ago, I moved to Florida for five months as a member of the Walt Disney World College Program. While there, I never once experienced a hurricane. The most inclement weather we had was a tornado warning that kept us in the shop for the day and highly annoyed the guests.

As a child in California, I was in one small earthquake. As an adolescent in Missouri, there were so many tornadoes that I got to the point of sleeping through one of them. There, I also survived the Great Ice Storm of 2007. As a college student in Colorado, there were a number of blizzards. But through all of that, I was never in a hurricane.

So of course on the day I'm meant to leave Ireland for a trip to Scotland, Hurricane Ophelia decides to show up.

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7 misconceptions Americans have about Ireland

2/27/2017

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Americans love Ireland - probably because the majority of us can claim one of our ancestors came from the Emerald Isle. However, a lot of beliefs Americans have about Ireland are incorrect. Hollywood is always putting out movies like "P.S., I Love You" that perpetuate these common misconceptions about the place we might or might not have come from way back when. Here is a list of seven misconceptions Americans have about Ireland that are about to be squashed.

1. Ireland is a land of sunshine, rainbows and leprechauns.
Actually, it rains. A lot. Think about how often Minnesota snows, and that's probably equivalent to how much Ireland rains. How did you think its land got to be so vibrantly green?


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Ten things I learned about Christmas festivities in Ireland

12/26/2016

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​After 24 years of spending Christmas in my home country, it was interesting to see how another country celebrates theirs. Upon further research, I've observed that an Irish Christmas is similar to a traditional American Christmas, but with some exceptions. ​

​Below is a list of 10 things I learned about an Irish Christmas.

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    A p r i l  D a w n 

    Writer and video editor with a passion for history, culture, food. Often seen creating pictorial etchings. Music blogger for Dreaming Human. Past writings can be found in the Cork Independent and on the website magazine Forever Twenty Somethings.

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