In the village of Drumcliffe, County Sligo, lies the final resting place of one of the worlds most beloved modern poets, William Butler Yeats. Not far from his grave this memorial to his work celebrates the poet, his work and my favorite poem ‘He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven’. This sculpture created by artist […]
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I have noticed many strange and interesting marketing campaigns promoting being good urban citizens and binning our litter. This campaign is perhaps the oddest. First of all I am not sure it is selling the right message. After all, is not the very thing we love about bad jokes is joking how bad they are? […]
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Sacred Fixer Upperer Fixer upperer, renovator’s delight, builder’s hobby home. These are all common expressions for a place that needs an extra dose of something special to restore or keep its original charm and glory. Kylemore Abbey, county Galway, ticks all those boxes but keeping it splendid in all its glory might just demand a […]
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Above Moll’s Gap along the Ring of Kerry is a secret path leading up into the hills. Certainly this way is known to the goats and sheep that roam these places but perhaps there is another race familiar with the hidden green dells and high craggy ridges. Known as the ‘Tuatha de Danan’, there were […]
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Just under two kilometers north east of Skellig Michael is the smaller of the Skelligs, ‘Little Skellig’. What struck me as the biggest difference between the two is that here on Little Skellig the sea birds ruled. Tens of thousands of gannets and other migratory birds clings to every usable surface of this barren rocky […]
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