Showing posts with label ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ireland. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Irish coast mystery: How did those boulders get up there? Research team now finds storms, not tsunamis, tossed massive rocks inland

Link: Irish coast mystery: How did those boulders get up there? Research team now finds storms, not tsunamis, tossed massive rocks inland

On a trio of tiny islands off Ireland’s western coast, there is a mystery afoot. Something has picked up massive boulders and set them down inland, on a flat, wind-lashed landscape encircled by craggy cliffs that rise from the Atlantic Ocean.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Vatican stunned by Irish embassy closure

Link: Vatican stunned by Irish embassy closure

Why did I not read about this on independent.ie? Any road, for once in a long while, I am proud to be Irish. First we kick the church out of our schools, now they have no embassy. Not bad.