In an effort to improve my skills, I have decided to try to post some 'creative' things to this blog, as a record for myself. The blog below popped up when I was checking for a writing challenge to take part in, it will be fun to take part in this. The idea is that …
Lissadell House
Last week we took a trip to Lissadell House in Sligo, this is the family home of Countess Constance Markievicz, formally Constance Gore-Booth and her sister Eva Gore-Booth, both of whom who incredibly active political figures in the early years of the 20th Century. The first time I visited Lissadell was with my Grandmother when …
Atlantic
Last night I went to the IFI (Irish Film Institute) to view the documentary film 'Atlantic'. Beautifully filmed in Ireland, Norway and Newfoundland, Atlantic follows the stories of three fishing communities, that share an ocean, its resources and all the complexities that goes with that. Brendan Gleeson does a fantastic job of narrating this film and spoke …
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