Céad míle fáilte! It’s March 17.
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I thought I’d share some of my favorite photos from the Emerald Isle, taken between 2009 and 2010. I love being Irish (hi, Grandpa!), but today we truly ALL are. Guinness says so (see photo above). So sláinte! All photos copyright...
Read MoreOf Cliffs and Caves
Say “Ireland” and the first thing most people will picture (aside from perhaps a bar and a foamy Guinness) are the Cliffs of Moher. I couldn’t go to Ireland last November and NOT see them. And since this is a blog and not Frommer’s, I’m going to tell you a few tidbits about what the guidebooks might NOT…before getting to the best part of the day, which was walking through a natural cave! In Ireland….who knew? We took a bus trip leaving Galway early one morning (thank you Kinlay House for the discount) with a delightful local driver. Because of...
Read MoreWindswept Beauty: Unlocking the Ancient Mystery of the Aran Islands
Admittedly I am very sad as I write this, both because of personal reasons related to the nostalgia of this particular travel experience, but also in the way that books and poems about the sea always have that misty, faraway twinge of melancholy about them. The Aran Islands are a somber place, dappled with primitive ruins, criss-crossed allover with rain-speckled stone walls made centuries ago, and populated by a people who still speak mainly Gaelic – and whose twinkling Irish eyes tell hushed tales of a place that hasn’t changed it’s tranquil pace in many, many...
Read MoreFastening on the Beer Goggles…For a Day at the Home of Guinness
You may notice that I’ve placed this in both the “Ireland” and “Culture” categories. That’s because in Ireland, and especially in it’s capital city, Dublin, Guinness IS a culture, not to mention a staple and a source of national pride. Try telling anyone that you’ve been to, are going, or are thinking about traveling to Ireland, and they’ll ask you if you’ve had (or plan to have) a pint of the national beverage. It’s not hard to see why the Irish have come to embrace the unique beer so fervently – aside from...
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