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Tag Archives: Ireland
Tenerife, just four hours south.
The winter was long, so when the opportunity to go to Tenerife for a week in March came our way, we grabbed it with both hands. The thud on the runway as our Ryanair 737 touched down woke everyone to … Continue reading
Posted in camaraderie in sports, Canary Islands, Candelaria, Film Movie Locations, Fun in the sun., Good to get away, Great memories, Kite surfing, Lasting memories, Masca Gorge Walk, Short break., strong winds, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Travel writing, Trekking., volcanic hill, Windsurfing
Tagged Agua y Sal, Agua y Sal San Miguel de Tajao Tenerife, altitude, Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Candelaria., Camaraderie, camaraderie in sports, Canary Islands, Candelaria, Clash of the Titans, Coast of North Africa, El Médano, fish restaurant, four hours south, Good to get away, Good walking boots, Great memories, Guanche, horseshoe shaped bay, Ireland, Kite surfing, La Laguna, Lasting memories, Los Gigantos, Masca Gorge, Montaña Bocinegro, Montana Roja, Planet of the Apes, Ryanair 737, San Miguel de Tajao, Santa Cruz, spectacular buildings, strong winds, Teide, Teide National Park, Tenerife, The coast of Europe., Trekking., vibrant color, volcanic hill, Volcanic structures, Windsurfing, winter was long
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Beyond the storms.
When a giant walks, he leaves a footprint. In early 2014 the jet-stream positioned itself over Ireland dragging in storms off the Atlantic. Rossbeigh in Kerry, Lahinch and Kilkee in Clare along with other locations on the west coast of Ireland … Continue reading
Posted in Beyond the storms, black wet-suits, Giants of nature, Ireland, Ireland Come and see., Irish weather, Irish writer, Kitesurfing, Oceans, Seasons
Tagged black wet-suits, Europe’s western Isle, footprint, Ireland, kilkee, Lahinch, oceans, open for business., playgrounds, Rossbeigh, Surfing
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Rugged and wild Irish landscape.
Far from being dead places, the mountain valleys flow with life. With the streams cutting through the landscape undulating on their journey towards the waiting Sea below. Our Mountains are furrowed with these streams of life and vitality adding their mark and character … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland Come and see., Ireland-worth the visit., Irish tourism, Kerry Mountains, Mountain Stream, Mountain Streams, Rugged and wild Irish landscape., Uniqueness of Irish landscape., Writing.
Tagged Ecclesiastes 1:7, Flowing streams, Flowing strongly through the seasons., Ireland, life and vitality, Mountain valley, Mountains of Ireland., rugged Hills above., Rugged landscape., Westerlies
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Climate attack on Ireland…
A ‘hard winter for Ireland,’ especially in the west. It’s been a hard winter in Ireland; with boat club roofs being torn off in limerick where I live. Also in Limerick in early February the tide forgot to turn around and … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Journalism in Ireland, Limerick, Nature, Photography, Rossbeigh, Seasons, West Clare
Tagged Climate change, Flooding, Horses, Ireland, kilkee, Lahinch, Storm Damage, Storms, Sulky, Weather
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“The Sea oh the sea,” and it’s power!
The playground in Rossbeigh Co Kerry before the sea came to seriously change everything. Ireland is a small Island on the west of Europe and to our west the Atlantic Ocean which is rather large and sometimes can be seriously … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Nature, Rossbeigh, Storm Christine
Tagged Ireland, Rossbeigh, Storm Christine, Winter Storms
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Old Limerick
I live in a town that’s slowly being transformed but some of the old parts still look good
A wet day in Limerick.
It was a wet day in Limerick, a true Irish day. Soon the schools will reopen; after a long summer, some of which was hot. Daily people cross through the colourful flowers on O’Connell Street, not noticing them as their … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Limerick, Photography, Seasons, Summer 2013
Tagged flowers, Ireland, Limerick city, passengers, taxi
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Shannon Rescue Helicopter in Kilkee
Irish Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter 115 in Kilkee
Posted in Air and Sea Rescue, Photography
Tagged Ireland, Kilkee Rescue Helicopter, rescue115, Shannon 115
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This new Summer.
A blog need not be long; Run ‘till you sweat. That won’t be too long in today’s temperatures with the sky so blue. Is this really Ireland where shorts are a novelty and sunburn is as rare as two fine … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Humour, Sport Running
Tagged hot weather, Ireland, Irish summer 2013, kilkee, run, summer, sweat
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Sun in Ireland-July 2013
Summer 2013. Yes it’s a real summer, warm sunshine, red skin, sweaty backs and what was that? A heatwave warning! Hello ? This is Ireland where heatwave warnings are as rare as Ireland playing in the world cup. Yes, that … Continue reading
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