A Backside to Admire It’s not often that such an opportunity to admire a backside as beautiful as this presents itself out on the streets, Kilkenny or otherwise. The purists would say that if it has no cylinders then it’s not worth their time but I disagree, sometimes I am happy to judge a book […]
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Credit to the Dubliners for the title but this jar of whiskey is in the cellars of Midleton, county Cork And just to confuse you even more, it’s a jar of Redbreast! The story of whiskey in Ireland is fascinating, and Midleton’s story even more, so I invite you to research Ireland’s Uisce beatha (water […]
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Diving off the Kerry coast I am starting to become familiar with ‘the locals’, or as we would have said back in South Australia, ‘the usual suspects’. The lesser spotted dogfish is now on my local list of ‘usual suspects’ and is always a welcome sight on any of my dives, ‘dog day’ or otherwise.
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One of Ireland’s most impressive sites of medieval architecture, The Rock of Cashel was once the seat of the kings of Munster. One of most visited tourist attractions in Ireland, ‘The Rock’ was deserted this grey evening until a rent in the western sky let the sun stream in for our own personal experience.
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200m from the finish line of the 2024 Rás na mBan, Ireland’s premier women’s stage race, it could be anyone over the line first. Here out in front is Netherland’s Noor Dekker. Hot on her heels is Great Britain’s Lucy Lee with Canadian, Anabelle Thomas on both their tails. Three’s a crowd, and their can […]
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