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IRELA N D Come on our tour of Ireland - its quiet villages and its busy modern cities, its beautiful rivers and fine beaches, its pubs and theatres,castlesand towers. Ireland is full of unusual and interesting things to see. But to understand the Ireland of today, you need to know about lreland's history too. !(ho was King Billy, and why is he still important today? nfhat happened on Easter Sunday 1915?Why did so many Irish people leave Ireland in the nineteenth century, and why are so many people corning to Ireland now? Why was the church so important in Ireland, and how is that different today? Take our tour through Ireland's past, and begin to understand Ireland's present.

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