I believe preserving the past for the future is a very important task, and today I’m delighted to introduce a rural heritage museum where Ireland’s past is treasured and shared. Located just outside Bruff, County Limerick, Old Irish Ways is a folk heritage museum, where memorabilia from our past is lovingly restored and preserved. Denis […]
Chilblains, Hot Water Bottles And Other Chilly Memories Of An Irish Childhood
Chilblains were part and parcel of an Irish childhood for many when I was growing up. Memories of red, itchy, inflamed toes still linger for my generation, but painful, chilblain flash blacks still haunt the generation that went before me. Now many of you are probably wondering what on earth a chilblain could possibly be. […]
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