{"id":1066,"date":"2009-02-21T23:25:42","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2009-02-21T23:25:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T13:25:42","slug":"st-patricks-day-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/ireland\/st-patricks-day-2009","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick&#039;s Day 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = 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