My Top Ten of Everything: Decoding the Ultimate Irish Response!!

June 14, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

Of course – we don’t even know we say it!! Or – that everyone else on the planet mightn’t actually follow what we’re saying! But it covers SO much….. And what is it? GRAND! Its meaning in the greater world? – magnificent, imposing, important …. Well……….. Not here! No – the Irish context is a […]

WAVE!

June 5, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is WAVE Starting small….. but SOME day…… Link to One Word Sunday at Debbie’s here

Silent Sunday

May 21, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Derrynane, County Kerry, Ireland

PIER!

May 15, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

This week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is PIER This is Dun Laoghaire on Ireland’s east coast. The first stone was laid on May 31st, 1817 and the piers were completed in the 1840’s. Stretching almost a mile each into Dublin Bay, they enclose one of the largest man-made harbours in Western Europe. This is just […]

AN IRISH POSTCARD – KILKENNY

April 19, 2022.Reading time 41 minutes.

So which City -Breaker are you? Are you the night owl – looking to party but justifying it with a bit of ‘culture’ thrown in during the day? Or are you the history and art buff – searching out every single thing there is to be seen – but happy with a bit of distraction […]