Have you ever been somewhere so beautiful you just couldn't stand it? In making a loop around the island, I spent three days in Doolin and three days in Donegal Town. Both are along the West Coast of Ireland, known as the Wild Atlantic Way. Doolin is exactly what you picture when you picture Ireland. … Continue reading Visiting Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
I initially heard comments, before leaving for two weeks in Ireland, and while there, about going to Belfast. As one tour guide in Belfast said, twenty years earlier they were one of the three B's you didn't visit: Baghdad, Beirut, and Belfast. I did not do much prep before going there. Why I included Belfast … Continue reading Four Days in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Beautifully written, the story a young woman foisted from the protective nest of her Irish village, to Brooklyn for opportunity America brought in the post-war world. Eilis may feel this new life was foisted on, but she takes it on well. She is young, a little sheltered, and anyone can relate to her feelings of loss, trepidation, … Continue reading Brooklyn
