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The well-travelled will need to adjust their expectations in Ireland. For 700 years on the small windswept island on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, its neighbours attempted to stamp out its independence, history, Catholic religion and Gaelic language.
The Irish died in battles and famines or fled overseas. Not much is left behind, and many of the most eye-catching castles and other sights are Norman-Irish or Anglo-Irish. The Irish have, however, talked their way into world renown far beyond the size of their tiny, battered nation.
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