"Let us go on and take the adventures that shall fall to us." ~C.S. Lewis
I had the amazing opportunity to go to Ireland with two aunts who were fulfilling a lifelong dream of going to where their grandparents came from. My one aunt is an accredited genealogist who had traced our family tree back to the 1300s. We would stop by museums and seeing a large picture of someone [...]
In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone...most people are familiar with this ballad of Dublin about the fictional sweet fishmonger's daughter in the 17th century who sold her cockles and mussels through the streets of the city. While there is actually no evidence [...]
If there was only one thing you could do in Dublin, then Trinity College and the Book of Kells should be it. This was my absolute favorite part of Dublin. Trinity College itself is incredible place with its history reaching back to 1592 when it was founded by Queen Elizabeth I. In fact the full [...]
Nestled in the countryside of County Down, sits the Legananny Dolmen. The name Legananny is derived from the Irish term Liagán Áine, meaning standing stone. This is a Neolithic era funerary site dating back around 5,000 years. To honor a relative that had passed away, these huge stones were dragged up the hillside and assembled [...]
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