I thought for a moment that I had made up a new word but I knew I had not. I had used it before but I wanted a precise definition. I reached for “The Times” dictionary but it was not there, I went into the next room and picked up […]
Archaelogy
Years Ago
To divert away from yesterday’s theme I want today to try and paint a picture in words of the beautiful, rich and sometimes wild and rugged landscape that surrounds us here in Boyle and how that landscape formed the archaeological heritage we have today. It is hard to understand how […]
Declining Waters
When I decided to throw in my lot with Ireland and came to live here full time some five years ago after years of living a ping pong existence between the two countries, I decided that my time should be taken up with it’s history and ideally in the explanation […]
Still Cruising
For the last week now we have been surrounded by water. We live in an enclave of 10 houses built six years ago at the height of the Celtic Tiger on land people refused to venture on because of its tendency to remain under water for much of the time. […]