Y is for Yesteryear Having been blessed with teacher’s holidays, I’ve been lucky enough to celebrate a summer birthday in some amazing places over the years. How’s this for a list …. Alice Springs, Antigua, Athens, Bali, Bath, Budapest, Capri, Chicago, Cologne, Dordogne (France), Guatemala, Hong Kong, Jodhpur (India), Las Vegas, Malta, Nashville, New York, […]
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The Famine Memorial along the quays in Dublin comprises a collection of bronze statues by Dubliner Rowan Gillespie. The statues depict skeletal figures in rags walking towards the ships that will bring them overseas to escape the 19th century Famine. The location of ‘Famine’ is a particularly appropriate as one of the first voyages of […]
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I reckoned that I must have been the only person in the country not familiar in some way with the Slieve Russell Hotel – I’d never played golf there, never attended a wedding, never booked a weekend break and never even knew where it was actually located. I was finally heading there on Sunday night, […]
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If you are spending a few days on the Dingle peninsula and looking for somewhere to blow the cobwebs away while doing your daily 10,000 steps, then you might like to pass a few hours on the Maharees. Maharees (Na Machairí) is a 5km long sandy spit jutting out into Tralee Bay. Surrounded by […]
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I came across this bronze and stone piece at Brandon’s Creek, County Kerry, Ireland. It commemorates the supposed departure of St Brendan for America in the 6th century from this location – some 900 years before Christopher Columbus set sail! Sculpture Saturday is hosted by Ruined for Life
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