Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! (John Keats) and my goodness – is this poem the way to describe our countryside at the moment. The trees, brambles, bushes are laden with their fruit and the leaves are just turning to different shades of yellow, orange, green and red. This is Culture Night but allow the Continue Reading »
This is Culture Night here in Ireland with a host of events, 1,400 in 34 different locations, around the country. So make sure that you get to one of those venues and enjoy, free of charge, song, music, dance, theatre, art, craft workshops and more. Many venues open their doors today and tonight to welcome Continue Reading »
It has been some time since I have updated you on some of my travels and what has been going on around Ireland. When I last wrote we were having some good weather and this year we could enjoy the great long evenings. Now as I write the evenings are getting shorter and the countyside Continue Reading »
This exciting tour will include Listowel Writers’ Week and the Lismore Music Festival. This is an eleven night tour starting at Dublin or Shannon Airports on May 25th 2014. Many historical and literary locations and sights are included such as Newgrange, Clonmacnois, Kylemoare Abbey, Literary Pub Crawl of Dublin, Coole Park , King John’s Castle Continue Reading »
Last week I paid my first visit to the Swiss Cottage just outside Cahir. This had been on my list for some time and my goodness what a most delightful place it is. This is a ‘cottage orné’ and it can be accessed either by car or a pleasant walk, about one mile, by the Continue Reading »
We are now in the second half of June and facing the Summer Solstice so you have missed this beautiful time of the year to be here in Ireland with us but now is the time to start planning your visit here to Ireland for this time next year. The days are long – with Continue Reading »
On Sunday last I visited the Bog of Allen Nature Centre. This is located in the heart of the Bog of Allen and is run by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC). The bog of Allen is a large raised bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Shannon and Liffey. It takes in Continue Reading »
We are all now enjoying the beautiful sunshine of june and we will update you on this in the coming days. May is such a beautiful month to be in Ireland as the countryside is magnificent and perhaps looking its best. Most of the trees have come into leaf and with very many different shades Continue Reading »
I will be adding lots, and lots of posts on Ireland – my travels around the country, my life and times of living in the countryside. You will also read about Limerick, both city and county and more again about Knockainey, Co. Limerick, where I live. So is there a better way to start than Continue Reading »