Off The Hook
October 28, 2016

The beautiful country of Ireland

By Melanie Behrens

It’s a place which has melodic names for its towns like Killybigs, Galway and Tullamore, and for centuries nearly all the buildings were built with the grey stone, native to their beautiful country. Sharon and Tim Emrick saw most of Ireland in 21 days as they toured around the lush green coast.
One...

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