The next time we head to Clare, I’ll have to have a pint and ask the reason as to why…..
I was in Lisdoonvarna earlier today and came across what must rank as one of the most unusual content of a plaque that I have ever come across.
The next time we head to Clare, I’ll have to have a pint and ask the reason as to why…..
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No Such Thing As Bad Publicity – Chapter 20 I had thought that there was a difference between the use of ‘right’ and ‘correct’.
This van in Ennis prompted some online research. I was not right – they are interchangeable.
On our visit to Corcomroe Abbey, I did take a stroll around the cemetery.
This was added to my list of inscriptions that provoke contemplation – even some months later. It reminds me of the scene in Jean de Florette that remains readily accessible in the brain when they stop the clock – the first time such a custom registered with me. A custom I like.
“visionary adj 1 showing or marked by great foresight or imagination. 2 possible only in the imagination; impracticable; fanciful. 3 capable of seeing supernatural images or apparitions. noun (visionaries) a visionary person. visionariness noun.”
I took these photos last August when we walked along the Cliffs of Moher.
My curiosity as to the meaning or reasoning of the stone towers, stone assemblies, or even stone heaps has not yet been satisfied. Are they an Irish version of Inukshuk? So I might as well throw it out there for anyone passing by with a suggestion. |
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