Tag: ireland
Music opens doors to other cultures, other landscapes. It can open connections, share stories, and help us go more deeply into places new, and places familiar. Music can bring …
Finding your way in landscapes new and strange, finding your way home from a sea voyage, finding out the the earth’s place in an evolving universe, finding your way …
Ireland’s weather: what is it like? There’s good reason why the phrase unsettled weather is one you will hear often. That’s not to say the weather, whatever the season, …
Ireland’s stories are often told through song and tune. Learn about that on three recordings,from artists who know Ireland with different perspectives and from different landscapes. Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh …
On Easter Monday in 1916, there was a rising in Dublin, an uprising of Irish men and women against the rule of the English crown. In many ways and …
Guidebooks, memoirs, biography, novels contemporary and historical — there are many ways to experience, reflect upon, and learn about travel through the written word. One of those ways is …
Temple Bar in Dublin City: it is well known for its lively pubs, its art galleries, its one off boutiques, its history — but there is no better reason …
Christmas Eve. It’s a time for travel, and for settling in. Whether the celebration of Christmas is part of your faith or not, in many places you will notice …
Winter: it is time when cities seem lively against winter’s early dark. That same winter dark brings deeper quiet to places in the countryside. It is a time for …
Music makes a good gift, and one that invites adventure: it may be enjoyed in company or in solitude. It can inspire movement or stillness. It comes in all …
At Halloween in Ireland, you can certainly find many places to dress up in costume (which is known as guising in Ireland – think disguise and you’ll get where …
How do you feel about museums? Perhaps you’re thinking: in and out, hit the highlights, that’s me and museums. You might be thinking, I could spend hours in a …
