597 Dublin Walk; Immortal Irishman; Aran Islands
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 14 March 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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It's an all-Irish hour, as tour guides from Dublin and the West point out what you can find on a walking tour of the Irish capital and share why the rugged Aran Islands are one of the top sites to explore Ireland's traditions. And author Timothy Egan explains the legacy of the most famous Irish American immigrant of the 19th century.
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| 0:00.0 | Seems like there's a story behind everything you see in Ireland. |
| 0:04.0 | Some of the country's struggles are artistically depicted in Dublin's Garden of Remembrance. |
| 0:09.0 | In the tiles on the floor of the water feature there are broken weapons. |
| 0:13.2 | They're old weapons, spears and arrows and such like they're broken to show that |
| 0:17.2 | conflict is over. |
| 0:18.7 | Coming up we get expert tips for a walking tour of Dublin. |
| 0:22.2 | Author Tim Egan reminds us how Ireland's 19th century legacy |
| 0:26.0 | changed what America would become. |
| 0:28.0 | And the famine was a horrible tragedy, |
| 0:31.0 | and it lives deep in our bones right now but it's also the |
| 0:34.2 | tale of the human spirit and the resilience and you can find the old ways are alive |
| 0:38.7 | and well on the Erin Islands just beyond Galway Bay. There is a bit of trouble to get there. |
| 0:43.0 | It's not all that straightforward like many islands. |
| 0:46.0 | So there's a sense of adventure about it. |
| 0:48.0 | It's about 93 miles of stone walls on those three islands. |
| 0:52.0 | It's incredible. |
| 0:53.2 | It's all about Ireland and the hour ahead on travel with Rick Steve's. |
| 0:57.6 | The most Irish place of all is not actually on the Emerald Isle. |
| 1:04.0 | You'll find it on a string of three weather-beaten islands just outside Galway Bay. |
| 1:08.7 | We'll explore the timeless Erin Islands a little later in the hour. |
| 1:12.4 | And Tim Egan reminds us of the substantial contributions Irish immigrants have made to American |
| 1:17.6 | society. |
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