Welcome back to #FailteFridays! Next up on our list of historical places to visit is Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. The location of the cathedral is important in two ways. First, the cathedral was built on the same site of a church that was constructed by the King of Scotland. […]
Sláinte! Many cheers to everyone joining me on this week’s Trending Thursday. What better way to start the return from break than with a whiskey tour? Earlier this week, I took a tour of the Teeling Whiskey Distillery. Before I go into the history of Teeling Whiskey, some background on whiskey in Ireland is […]
Dia dhuit! This week in Dublin we had the opportunity to learn a little bit of the official Irish language, Gaelic (or as you would say in Gaelic, Gaeilge)! This was something I found really cool to learn about because when my dad was growing up in Ireland, he was […]
Seasons greetings! As we continue our journey into Irish culture, it would be rude of me to not mention religion. Religion is very important to one’s identity. Religion can bind societies and communities together, which is very prevalent in the Irish culture. One of the religious structures that I was […]
This week for #WeldonWednesdays I retraced some of my mom’s footsteps to one of her favorite parts of the country, the West. This is where most of my mom’s side of the family originates from, such as the Butlers in the Mayo and Longford areas, the O’Neills from Cork, the […]