Marian Keyes writes incredible novels often set in Dublin, Ireland and The Brightest Star in the Sky: A Novel was no exception. She describes this novel: “Like all my books The Brightest Star in the Sky is a comedy about something very serious, but it’s got a lovely uplifting feel to it. I suppose I … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Mary Mac from America. Thanks for your entry Mary! Inish Eoghan, County Donegal, Ireland Scientists say that the sense of smell can bring back a rush of memories.That’s why smells, feelings and memories become so easily and intimately entangled. More than … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Martina Mcauley from Ireland. Thanks for your entry Martina! As I sat there and watched three Dutch rowers named Patrick, Anne-Wiebe and Jacob perform a powerful haka (ancestral Māori war dance), I thought of how privileged I was to be a … Continued
Want to head back in time, in Ireland? One of the best spots to do so is at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, in County Clare. It’s very close to the Shannon airport, so if you fly in and out of there, you’re only 5 minutes away The Bunratty Castle and Folk Park … Continued
Northern Ireland. It warms every hand that stretches, and it thaws the frozen seas within us. There is something eternal about the light of this land, a radiance that unshadows the future, like the pillars of a bridge supporting what we see into the delights of what we soon will. So praise this bridge that … Continued
Although my personal country count is over one hundred countries (by Traveler’s Century Club), I still have so many places to go on my list! For a long time, I have wanted to go to Iceland and Ireland (and Italy–George calls is my “I” List). When Richard Bangs spoke at our travel event in October, … Continued