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
