This week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is BELOW Looking up at the entrance to one of our monastic Round Towers. The doorway would have been accessed by some sort of removable stairs. Almost unique to Ireland, it’s thought the towers might have numbered about 120. Many are now in ruins but about 18-20 are are […]
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‘I took my return ticket to London out of my pocket and tore it into small pieces and scattered it into the sea’. Paul Henry, circa 1911 Artist Paul Henry was to stay on Achill on and off for the next nine years, some of his most famous paintings depicting the island’s dramatic landscape and traditional […]
Read MoreI came across this seat earlier this summer in County Mayo in the west of Ireland. The woodland is located alongside an old railway line – now a very popular cycling route. I can’t find much about the piece but it serves as a poignant reminder of the past – this part of the country […]
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Why don’t we leave earlier in the morning – says she – get to Westport by lunchtime and do the climb in the afternoon… Well – says he –we could do a bit of it I suppose… No! No! No! – says she – that’s not the attitude – its all or nothing. We’re going […]
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If you spend any time at all driving around the roads of North Mayo, the Tír Sáile signposts will eventually register on the subconscious! Tír Sáile – The North Mayo Sculpture Trail – originated in 1993 when 14 site specific sculptures were installed in what can only be described as spectacular locations along the coast. […]
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