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I had opportunity today to read the Irish Declaration of Independence from 1916 and I thought it significant that it was addressed to both Irish men and women. It begins: IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of...

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I have to confess that I did not kiss the stone, but my sister-in-law and one brother did. (I’m eloquent enough??) We went to the Dublin House Party tonight and we loved the music and the Irish dancing. I think I mentioned before I have two nieces who began Irish dancing when they were 4...

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France

Breathtakingly beautiful. We took the Skellig Ring too, out to St. Finian’s Bay. I love staring out to the ocean- listening to the power of the waves- and imagining I’m standing there a thousand years ago. I’ve been in a few labourer/farmer cottages and I just like to sit in them and imagine...

Another fabulous day in Ireland. We’re in Killarney and it’s a very vibrant, happening town. Drove the Ring of Kerry today, with several stops. My brother and I are sharing driver duty and I drove a stretch of the most twisty turney road I imagine in the whole world (I think it was the N71) and...

Goo-goo eyes

I’ve seen signs here referencing American Thanksgiving

Graham Bell

Villiany is often in the eye of the beholder. Queen Mebd, the mythological Irish warrior queen of ancient story, is the primary antagonist of the Cattle Raid of Cooley, but that’s viewed through a patriarchal lens. She was fierce and independent and I’d love to have a cup of mead with her. She...

Had to look it up. Soup with smoked haddock, potatoes, and onions. sounds good! We ate at a place called “The Bar” on Inis Mor. They had two things on the menu: vegetable soup and ham-cheese-onion sandwiches. We ordered 4 soups and 3 sandwiches since my sister-in-law didn’t want a sandwich. The...

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White caps on rock bring ghosts