{"id":411,"date":"2012-05-05T13:57:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T13:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/irish-kids-rocks-bogs-and-mary"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:27","slug":"irish-kids-rocks-bogs-and-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/05\/05\/irish-kids-rocks-bogs-and-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Kids, Rocks, Bogs And Mary……"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve yet to see anyone on this road, much less a kid. Hmmmmm……<\/div>\n
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While rock fences and pastures line most of the roads here….<\/div>\n

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A right turn took me to a different world – the boggish wasteland that lies at the edges of about 15% of Ireland.<\/div>\n

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But not before I got a blessing from one of the many Mary statues that are everywhere to be found here
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But not before I got a blessing from one of the many Mary statues that are everywhere to be found here per this blog (to which I will add this one) ….. To follow my training rides in Ireland – clicK HERE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-6D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":265,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/07\/mother-mary-statues\/","url_meta":{"origin":411,"position":0},"title":"Mother Mary Statues","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"March 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"They're everywhere over here. 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