Hostelling: the good, the bad and the hostile

Above: Hostel dining area and bar at Jacob’s Inn, Dublin. Hostels vary. I have found that most peopl…

Death as a Celebration of Life

In the Cork blog, I relay meeting the two women, the death doolas and the third woman shortly after…

Montmellick and Brigantia

` The legendary fairy forts, rings of stones laid in times past are left untouched by the Irish. The…