Geography of Ireland

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for a European country that is renowned for its breeding of greyhounds.

This week we asked listeners to send us their haiku about the economy, and you responded in droves. We also got one limerick. We talk to listener David Lefkovits about how he started writing limericks for his blog, Limericks Economiques.

Rising gas prices are forcing school districts to cut back on school bussing of students. For many it means longer rides and longer walks. Still, in the world of heavy traffic, working parents and longer bus routes, the new reality fosters real thought and growing concern about safety.

For today’s Geo Quiz, we’re going around in circles. Cairo and Beijing have ring roads, London has an orbital, and Washington’s got a beltway. We’re looking for another of these circular routes. The one we want you to name is in south-west Ireland.

For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for an area in the west of Ireland marked by the Twelve Bens. The answer is Connemara, home of our featured Global Hit artist, singer Bridgit Fitzgerald.