Different from Shakespeare’s Midsummer night, archaeologist Alva Gowan’s was not a dream. After a long and exhausting winter, Gowan decided to spend her midsummer’s night in happy spirits. Staying in a Viking replica structure in the Irish National Heritage Park in Ferrycarrig Co. Gowan and her friends performed many of the Viking midsummer traditions, from […]
Travelling Solo in Ireland? Choose B&B
Forget family vacations and romantic get-aways. To truly get in touch with yourself, sometimes a solo vacation is just the remedy. If the Emerald Isle is your location, choose a B&B for the best experience. The quiet and respectful staff will allow you all the me-time you could need while offering helpful suggestions for activities. […]
Breakfast For An Irish Dance Champion
Do you eat breakfast? Drink Coffee? According to an Irish Dance Champion, there are three crucial tips to eating a healthy breakfast. The first tip is that you should actually eat it! You may feel your mind is awake but your tummy is still snoozing. Your body needs food to wake itself up. Try drinking […]
10 Things Irish Women Couldn’t Do in the 70’s
While the feminist movement in America was being revved up in the 1960’s, Irish women were having troubles of their own. Even into the 1970’s the gals of the Emerald Isle were denied basic rights such as the ability to buy contraceptives and deny their husbands sex. Some one the more strange restrictions barred women from […]
The Irish Connection to Bastille Day
Bastille Day is just around the corner, and while the July 14th French national holiday might not seem to have much to do with Ireland, history could have been very different. Marie Antoinette, the queen of France and wife of Louis XVI, had a chance to escape the guillotine and flee to Ireland. Despite a […]
Summer Pudding: Irish Style
Looking for an Irish inspired summer dessert? Look no further than the Irish American Mom’s summer pudding recipe. The shockingly easy dish requires only 5 seasonal fruits, water, sugar and day-old bread. Cook the berries down with the sugar water to bring out their natural, luxurious taste. Slice up the bread in strategic shapes, dip […]
8 Adventure Vacation Ideas in Ireland for Thrillseekers
If vacation to you means high heart rates, fear and adventure, Ireland has all you need. While the Emerald Isle is often revered for its quiet bed and breakfasts and charming countryside, you may be surprised you can find serious thrills. Spend time free falling while you skydive over Killkenny or shoot up into the clouds […]
Are redheads in danger of extinction? Scientists say yes
Climate change may be altering more than just the face of the planet. It may be eliminating red hair! A report in the Independent quotes scientists saying the gene mutation that causes red hair leaves the skin vulnerable to sun damage and cancer. The published paper predicts that along with rising global temperatures, the number of […]
Pieces for Miss
When it comes to Little Miss and summertime, there are a plethora of good experiences for her to be having. School is out and she may be in any number of activities requested by her from specific camps to family vacation. Wherever she goes, it is likely she will want something to remember it. Little […]
Odes From Ireland
William Butler Yeats wrote: “Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There we’ve hid our faery vats, Full of berries And of reddest stolen cherries. Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a […]