Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!!
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What finer day than Saint Patrick’s Day to recall the year that I came home to the land of my ancestors? Other than ‘the wearing of the green’, I haven’t gotten into too much of the American Celebration of the Day. I lived across the GW Bridge in NJ all my growing-up years and can’t recall ever going into the big parade in NYC! I don’t remember ever drinking green beer! I’ve enjoyed Irish Soda Bread and Corn Beef & Cabbage off and on. Loved watching the Irish Dancers and even attempted to do the Irish Jig! All these things helped me feel a part of the tribe ….. though nothing can compare to going Home to Ireland.
Setting foot on Ireland’s soil touched me in such a deep, primal way that I truly felt I was coming home even though I’d never been there before!
♥
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Photos include: Cong farmland, Cobh Port of Cork, Kennedy Park, Rock of Cashel, Atlantic Ocean, Ha’Penny Bridge
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Some watercolor sketches I did along the way.
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“Above all else, deep in my soul, I’m a tough Irishwoman.”
~ Maureen O’Hara ~
Sláinte! ☘
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Beautiful Music of Ireland
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Very cool post! Ireland is on my travel wish-list for sure!
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There’s a lot to see on this very small island. I loved the West Coast the best. 🙂
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Ireland always looks so wonderful. I have a number of friends and family who have immigrated there, but I’ve never been there myself.
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It’s a wonderful place, Shirley! There’s so much more I’d love to see there. 🙂
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loved your post and photos, and the sketches are fabulous!
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Thank you, Candi! It’s an amazing place! 🙂
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This trip seems like it would be so fun. I don’t feel any strong kinship with Ireland even though it’s where some of my ancestors came from. I’d like to go someday. I wish I could drive there instead of flying or going by boat.
Your artwork is lovely.
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Thank you, Lee. You and me both when it comes to flying or cruises. Ireland is the one place I’d return to even if by air. I definitely don’t like the thought of a cruise.
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This is wonderful. Your sketch of the cathedral is perfect. So sincerely appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day. I agree with the Maureen O’Hara quote. I may seem flaky, but there’s a core of steel in me.
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Thanks, Ally! I really loved being on Ireland soil. I’m appreciating my Irish roots more now that I’m getting older. 🙂
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