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A giant thank you to Maren Rudolph for creating and running this amazing conference and to Ruth Moran and Fallon Griffin and the entire Ireland team for an amazing event and tour. Go raibh maith agat Paula Carroll, Niall Rochford, Regina O’Donoghue and the entire team at Ashford Castle, I absolutely loved being back again! Want to see more about my adventures? Enjoy my 73 VIDEOS– Below is one of my favorites with Ireland School of Falconry and Inca & Tommy! My first visit to Ireland was also a memorable journey–I have big news about where you can read more about it coming soon!!!Thank you to The Travel Mom, Emily Kaufman, for inviting me to #CAMPTRAVELMOM in San Diego! I loved it!
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