In Youghal, County Cork, to be precise.
Details to follow!
In Youghal, County Cork, to be precise.
Details to follow!
Following on from Trump’s announcement last night, we’ve decided that cutting our trip short and returning to the US is our best option. We are rebooking our flight home, and should be there early next week. We are saddened by this, especially missing out on Paris and Portugal, but it appears, right now, to be the wisest choice.
More updates to follow as warranted. Take care of each other out there.
Saw a charming and funny performance tonight at The Everyman Palace. A Holy Show is the slightly modified story of the May 1981 hijacking of an Aer Lingus flight headed from Dublin to London by a slightly disturbed former Trappist monk named Larry Downey.
I learned a lot about the miracles and secrets of Our Lady of Fatima, not to mention the secret of life, which i am unable to share with you, sadly.


A bit of a challenge getting the humor and references clearly aimed at an Irish Catholic audience, but not impossible. Recommended if it is performed near you.
On our first day, Thursday 30 January, we visited St. Brigid’s Well, in County Kildare. Her Saint Day, which once upon a time was celebrated as Imbolc, happened a few days later, but we weren’t able to stick around. The Well was a lovely place, though.





This is a test. This is only a test. If this were a real post, I would undoubtedly say something urbane and witty.

Where we’ll be for various lengths of time over the next 3 months.