Inishmore: An Edge Place Par Excellence (Part I)
A Place At The Edge of the World An eminent ethnographer once wrote that many of us travel to the …
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Brendan & Aisling – Part 3 (Final)
She knew the poem well, realizing that his beautiful orison was nothing less than a marriage proposal. As he finished …
Brendan & Aisling – Part 2
And so, the summer passed in relative peace. Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months. He completely replaced the …
Columbanus: Peregrinus Par Excellence
Doing a ‘walkabout’ on Inishmore sure gets a guy to wonder… Reflecting on the whole ‘journey’ (turas) thing, my mind naturally wanders …
Pilgrimage (Peregrinatio) In the Irish/Celtic Tradition
More ‘wandering & wondering’ from this blessed isle of Inishmore… As a writer, I think of words and their meaning, …
Brendan & Aisling (A Love Story) – Part 1
It happened one May that Brendan flew from his home in the US, to effect a pilgrimage to Ireland in …
Rock Climbing – The Aran Islands, Co. Galway, West of Ireland
Heres a couple of Pictures from Kev’s recent trip to the Aran Islands – here pictured climbing a new variation …
A Celtic Wedding Ceremony as Created by Wedding Celebrant Dara Molloy.
Dia dhuit! Hello! My name is Dara Molloy (Dara Ó Maoildhia). I am a Celtic Wedding celebrant. I am also a …
THAT WHICH DOESN’T CHANGE – A documentary made on Inis Mor by Volodomyr Kolbasa
A documentary made on Inis Mor by Volodomyr Kolbasa from the Ukraine. It captures the flavour of the island from …
ARAN ISLANDS – – – A CROOKED ROAD BACK.
I wrote last week that for most of my life, Aran has been another word for heaven to me. My …