86 Celtic colors, from Ulster to France

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Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

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🗓️ 18 March 2007

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We're looking at different angles of Irish culture for St Patrick's Day. Rick practices the "gift of gab" with Stephen McPhilemy, a friend from the North of Ireland who spins a few yarns about Ulster, and explains how the long-boiled animosities among Northern Ireland's residents are starting to fade away. And Patrick Noel, a Franco-Celtic tour guide from Cork, highlights the connections between Ireland and France. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Stoking hopes that Ireland's troubles are becoming history, Catholics and Protestants are working out their differences,
0:06.5	and Irish eyes are smiling more brightly than ever.
0:09.0	Hi, I'm Rick St.
0:11.0	On today's Travel with Rick St. Patrick's Day, we'll go beyond the cliches and look at the
0:16.1	lesser known face of Ireland, the North.
0:18.7	I've invited my friend from Northern Ireland, Stephen McPhillamyamy to fill us in about what
0:23.0	Alsters really all about.
0:24.0	Protestants will read you and welcome you into their homes as one of their family.
0:28.0	Catholics will do exactly the same.
0:29.0	Our only problem is we just don't do that to each other at the moment.
0:32.0	Stephen will explain the dynamic between Ireland's two big groups
0:35.0	and track their recent efforts at peace.
0:38.0	No trip to Ireland is really complete without visiting and understanding the north.
0:42.0	Later in the hour, we'll delve into a different friend. visiting and
0:43.0	later in the hour we'll delve into a different branch of Celtic culture
0:46.1	as a Franco-Celtic tour guide from Cork explains the connections between Ireland
0:50.0	and France.
0:50.9	There's more than one shade of green in Ireland, and we'll celebrate some of the different colors in the Celtic rainbow coming right
0:56.6	up on Travel with Rick Steeves.
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