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St Paddys Day in Ireland

St Paddys Day in Ireland

A national holiday of monumental proportions, St. Patrick’s Day is like our Fourth of July… Eagled in the late morning. Then came back and watched a great Ireland team get clobbered by England in rugby. Next up was an international St. Patrick’s…

Irish Cemeteries

Irish Cemeteries

They are everywhere here. This country of four million people used to be made up of twice that number before the famine and disease of the mid 19th Century began a population drain that lasted for over a century. Often, such burial lands are found…

The Bogs of Ireland

The Bogs of Ireland

This handmade flyer arrived in our mail box today. Since winter is winding down, the price has been reduced by a euro….. While few people burn the stuff to heat their homes any more, here is a pile of peat, the produce of the bog lands that make…

An Irish Busycle !!

The above was spotted by Palo Altan, Frank Flynn, in Irish cyberspace. If anyone knows where, please send an email to Virginia and I at awakeagainmartin@gmail.com so we can find it over here on the Emerald Isle. Our Busycle that this likely takes …