May the sun shine, all day long, everything go right, and nothing wrong. May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true! ~ Irish Blessing
Listen to the quiet for a just a moment…can you hear their whispers? The one and a half million souls buried around you want to tell their stories. Stories of lives gone too early, of murders and plagues, of civil unrest and cries for justice. Since 1832, the Glasnevin Cemetery […]
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Sounds like a lot of fun! Italy doesn't do Halloween, so that is something I miss about living in the…
When the bus you’ll be riding in for the evening is spilling clouds of spooky fog and the upstairs windows are shadowed with desperate hands and faces trying to get out, you may wonder to yourself as I did…”Why am I getting on this bus?” Because it’s The Gravedigger Bus […]
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Too often these spaces are overlooked or never visited by anyone other than academics. What a rich and evocative environment.…
For all of you Library Lovers out there – this one is extra special! Not only is the Trinity College Old Library home to the famous Book of Kells, but the building itself is part of Trinity College, Ireland’s oldest university, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England. […]
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Another tip to making the perfect Irish Coffee and to get the cream is to shake cream in a plastic…
The place is Foynes, Ireland. The time is July 1943. WWII is in full force and this tiny town near Limerick is the Center of the World if you’re flying from America. The weather was bad and after several hours of flying toward the US, one of the famous Flying […]
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Great article about an interesting part of the world off the coast of the misty Dingle Peninsula. Thanks for sharing…
“I sat down on the bank above the beach where I had a splendid view all around me. Dead indeed is the heart from which the balmy air of the sea cannot banish sorrow and grief” Peig Sayers, author and Irish storyteller of the Blasket Islands (1873-1958) History of […]
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Wow, we'd never heard of this before. Thanks for enlightening us. Although the Canary Islands have been rumoured to be…
The monumental and majestic Cliffs of Moher, along the wild Atlantic coast of Ireland, are much more than the country’s number one tourist destination. They are the stuff of which Irish legend and folklore is found. From magical horses, witches and warriors, and mermaids that pine for the sea, these […]
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I love Durty Nelly's. My husband's family is in Limerick so we went here during our first trip to Ireland…
Almost as famous in Ireland as Molly Malone herself, Durty Nelly holds a special place in the hearts of drinkers from around the world! Today, her namesake pub Durty Nelly’s near Bunratty Castle continues her legacy with the history and character we enjoy so much from Ireland. Since 1620, this […]
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Cemeteries make me feel so depressed. But that's a rather good-looking cemetery