Irish Pilgrims, St James of Compostela, and Whiskey
We learn about the Compostela pilgrimage route that started in Dublin. And accidentally attend a(nother) whiskey tasting!
We learn about the Compostela pilgrimage route that started in Dublin. And accidentally attend a(nother) whiskey tasting!
We sneak up to the six counties, Belfast to be precise, for a lovely couple of days of history, architecture, and gardens. Also food!
We hurl ourselves into hurling, a new-to-us sport that has been around for thousands of years. And it's a corker!
Oscar Wilde, the latest in our series of Awesome Irish Writers, gets his day! We quote one-liners in celebration...
We dig into the early history of Ireland, from Neolithic burial tombs to the Celts to those wacky Vikings!
We share what we've learned about Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, whose Waiting for Godot premiered (in English) 67 years ago tomorrow!
We go back to school, again: this time to Trinity College Dublin, where the buildings are grand and the ethos is Protestant.
After a visit to the Kilmainhaim Gaol, we learn - and share - some Irish history from about a hundred years ago!
We take the opportunity to talk about W. B. Yeats, one of our favourite poets, who also happens to be an Irishman.
We make the acquaintance of two Dublin cathedrals, each grand in its own way, and each a key part of its neighbourhood