An Irish landscape of boom and bust

A Fortune writer tours the land of his ancestors for clues to the country's sudden fall from charmed to challenged.

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Reflections on a changed land

While surveying the economy of recession-riddled Dublin, Fortune editor at large and proud Irish-American Shawn Tully toured the homeland of his forefathers. Here is a photo gallery of his visit to the boom-and-bust landscape of the Emerald Isle.

By Christopher Tkaczyk, reporter

NEXT: Under an economic storm

Last updated May 14 2009: 9:21 AM ET

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