Pumpkin season is upon us and the perfect time for making home made pumpkin purée. I often buy canned pumpkin but love to make my own when pumpkins are available in the grocery store or at pumpkin patches all over the country. When my kids are in Ireland one thing they miss is pumpkin pancakes […]
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Easy Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Pumpkin cake is synonymous with fall and a favorite in my house. My version of this delicious cake is made with pumpkin purée and a box cake mix. You can’t get easier than that. This is a cake not a pie and I find my bundt pan produces an easy to slice cake that […]
Easy Pumpkin Carving – Book Giveaway
This Halloween 64 million Americans will carve a pumpkin, but did you know the Irish brought the tradition of carving pumpkins at Halloween to America? Note: This post contains affiliate links which means I will earn a small commission should you choose to purchase a product through this link. The price you pay does not […]
Celtic Pendant Giveaway By Be A MaGik LaMP
Today I am delighted to introduce you to an amazing Irish American silversmith and jewelry maker from Texas, Eileen Ryan-Rojas. She has created a beautiful pendant, combining a mystical Labradorite stone with a powerful Celtic Triskelion symbol for one lucky reader to win. Magnificent on both the front AND the back, this blue and gold […]
Beyond the Book of Kells
The Book of Kells is one of Ireland’s most treasured manuscripts. Tourists flock to Trinity College Dublin to view its beautifully illustrated pages. But did you know Trinity is also home to a vast collection of other medieval manuscripts? This week I was alerted to a new lecture series planned for the coming months. If […]
More Ramblings Around Ireland From Anne Driscoll
Anne Driscoll continues her rambles around Ireland, sharing cultural nuances and observations as she adapts to life in her new home. And so let me hand you over to Anne …. Three Years In Ireland: It’s exactly three years and ten months since I first arrived in Ireland and in the last month, […]
What Is A Bastible?
Does anyone remember an Irish bastible? My granny could cook the most amazing meals using a cast iron bastible suspended over an open fire. She even cooked bread in a bastible, without the aid of a fancy thermometer or convection fan oven. Yes! My granny baked the most delicious loaves of Irish soda bread, […]
Aran Sweater Giveaway From Standún, Spiddal
Did you know the Aran sweater, a highly recognizable symbol of Ireland, will feature as an iconic fashion design of the twentieth century in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York? Is Fashion Modern? opens on October 1, 2017 and runs through January 28, 2018, at the Museum of Modern Art, West […]
Book Giveaway – It’s Not Yet Dark By Simon Fitzmaurice
“It’s Not Yet Dark” is a memoir written by Irish Film Maker Simon Fitzmaurice. A best seller in Ireland, this book was introduced to American readers earlier this month. Diagnosed in 2008 with Lou Gehrigs’ Disease or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 34, Fitzmaurice’s medical team predicted he had 4 years to […]
The Rose of Tralee Festival Available for FREE, Live and On-Demand, Worldwide with RTÉ Player
The Rose of Tralee Festival is in full swing in County Kerry, and good news from RTÉ. You can watch along online with RTÉ Player. Dáithí Ó Sé returns to present the 58th Rose of Tralee live from the dome on the 21st and 22nd of August from 8pm (Irish time) and fans abroad won’t have […]
