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Entries Tagged as ‘An Irish Tale’
October 11, 2007
My High Tower
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think about the trip I took to Ireland this past spring. I never thought it possible to fall in love with a place, but I did. Never in a million years did I dream that I would get to go to such a place, but I did.
The [...]
August 22, 2007
Wordless Wednesday – Celtic Cross
One of the many Celtic crosses we encountered on our trip to Ireland. Check out Wordless Wednesday over at 5 Minutes for Mom. You’ll be glad you did.
Have I mentioned that I went to Ireland? I thought so.
Mark 8:34
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would [...]
July 11, 2007
Wordless Wednesday – Ain’t Nothin’ But an Elvis Sighting
Elvis sighting in Ireland at the Shannon Airport. Yeah, I know, it’s supposed to be “Wordless Wednesday”, but I felt like there needed to be a little explanation.
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June 3, 2007
Two Sisters Far and Away
This is a picture of me and Sis on our cruise on the only fjord in Ireland, Killary Fjord. It was a nice cruise. A little cool and windy but the hot cocoa on board was quite tasty!
PS - Fjords are long and narrow sea inlets with high steeply sloped walled sides that have been formed [...]
May 24, 2007
Farty Tree and a Turd (43 1/3)
Forty Shades of Green
I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea
From the fishin boats at Dingle to the shores at Dunehea
I miss the River Shannon and the folks at Skibbereen
The moorlands and meadows and their Forty Shades of Green
They say in Ireland that there are 40 shades of green. I BELIEVE them. [...]
May 6, 2007
Attention Reader Number 3
I have been informed by some of my readership that my blog entries have become boring because they are all about boring, Irish history “stuff”. So I am taking a poll amongst the five known readers of this blog: What are some of the hot topics you would like to see written about here in [...]
May 5, 2007
Gleann dhá locha
Day 3 -
We took a drive through the Wicklow Mountains to a beautiful and peaceful place called, Glendalough – which in Irish means, Glen of the Two Lakes. This was a 6th century monastary site founded by St. Kevin – whom I had never heard of before this trip. This Kevin was, however, very popular [...]
May 3, 2007
It’s Neither a Temple Nor a Bar
On Saturday, while in Dublin, we visited a section of town known as Temple Bar. The area was probably named after the Temple family who lived there in the early 17th century. Temple Bar was the location of the first performance of Handel’s “Messiah” on April 13, 1742. Now every year, on April 13, they [...]
