Tag: I R E L A N D
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Style Moment | Mantle in a Georgian house, Ireland
“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.” William Morris (1834-1896) English textile designer, artist, and writer
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Connemara | A Savage Beauty
I’m a “details” kind of person . . . my eagle eye can spot a treasure among any flea market heap. Because of this, I find myself dumbstruck among vast expanses of scenery. Nowhere was this more true than in the extraordinary Connemara region of Ireland. There’s a road, aptly called Sky Road, that curves…
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Ireland | Two Days, Three Counties | Day Two
Ireland is the living, breathing definition of the word “enchanting.” Just look at the scene above if you have any doubt. (Truth be told I was in such a state of euphoria that I first thought the white horse might be a unicorn.) Okay, let’s get back to reality, and the two day, three county…
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Weird but Wonderful | Testing Fate
Cruise ship in Cobh harbor, Ireland…last port of call for the Titanic.
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Ireland | Two days, Three Counties | Day One
Ireland is a country full of wonderfulness, split up into charming counties that each have multitudes of things to see and do. Really, you could spend months there and not see everything. As it happens, I had two days.
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Ireland | Sculpt it and they will come
Alongside a desolate road in the wilds of Connemara, Ireland, is this enormous stone sculpture of a mythical giant. The tourist guides say that if you touch his hand, you will have good luck. You probably think it’s an ancient Gaelic effigy with historical implications like the Blarney Stone. Think again. This is the most…
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Weird but Wonderful | One Stop Shopping
Alongside a road in County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Dublin | Little Girl, Big Talent
When I saw the little girl with the pony tail setting up her microphone on Grafton Street in Dublin, I thought, “How cute.” When she opened her mouth to sing, a song that she had written herself, I was mesmerized. Ashley is nine years old. The schoolgirl from Mullingar, Ireland, picked up her sister’s guitar…
