Knocknarea dominates County Sligo’s skyline, and together with Ben Bulben, these two peaks are the most striking landmarks in the entire county. Today I thought it’s high time for a scenic interlude, and what better subject matter or mountainous model could there be for a blog post, than the magnificent Knocknarea in County Sligo. So […]
Archives for April 2015
Irish Primrose Superstitions And Lore
When I think of Ireland, I imagine hedgerows of delicate primroses in spring. I love to see these yellow blossoms in shady banks, damp woods, along the roadside, or peeping between the blocks of old stone walls. I wasn’t one bit surprised to learn this wild flower of Ireland was considered sacred by our Celtic […]
Rules Of The Irish Clothesline
Hanging out the wash – oh how I remember the drill. With clothes pegs (or pins) balanced precariously between my teeth, I hung shirts and skirts, hankies and socks, sheets and towels, all in neat and ordered rows. In the Ireland of my youth the clothesline dance was learned at an early age. Today electric […]
An American Author in Ireland
Claire Fullerton is a “writer, wife, animal lover and perpetual ballet student who divides her time between Malibu, and a little fairy cottage in Carmel-by-the Sea.” I love Claire’s quotation on her website explaining what it is to be a writer: “I’m like many writers: we have an inexplicable urge to contribute, […]
Remembering Easter Monday 1916 Plus Introducing The Easter Commemoration Digest
On Easter Monday 1916, nearly ninety-nine years ago, Patrick Pearse and the Irish Volunteers, assembled at various prearranged meeting points in Dublin, in a bid to win Irish freedom from British rule. Image Credit The Irish Proclamation of Independence: At four minutes past noon on Easter Monday, April 24th, 1916, Patrick Pearse read […]
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