The Irish Blogging Scene
Posted by: Eolaí on December 9th, 2008
As Ireland enters its 3rd day without pork (if you were good and threw away all the sausages, rashers and the Christmas ham like you […]
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Archive for “Ireland”
Where in Ireland?
Posted by: Eolaí on November 20th, 2008
At the time I invited guesses.
They arrived by email, by Twitter, and by sheep.
Where in Ireland was that cottage?
Most guesses were for Connemara but […]
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KC Runners Travel to Ireland for Dublin City Marathon
Posted by: Eolaí on October 29th, 2008
You may not have known it, (and why should you?) but Monday in Ireland was a Bank Holiday.
The last Monday in October is the holiday […]
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Photos: Ireland - It Wasn’t All Mountains & Islands
Posted by: Eolaí on October 8th, 2008
For the regular readers who may be missing the chronicles of my life in an Irish cottage, here’s a few photographs from the adventure that […]
The Cottage - Day 20
Posted by: Eolaí on October 3rd, 2008
A hazy sunny day and another whole heap of silence. Until the dog starts barking at the sheep and I start shouting at the dog.
The […]
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The Cottage - Day 19
Posted by: Eolaí on October 2nd, 2008
It’s not the Mediterranean views of yesterday morning but the relentless parade of beautiful days continues.
30 sheep are sitting on the slope of the near […]
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The Cottage - Day 18
Posted by: Eolaí on October 1st, 2008
It’s as if God is taunting me. The insanity of leaving such a wondrous world.
There are still no clouds when the dog persuades me down […]
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The Cottage - Day 17
Posted by: Eolaí on September 30th, 2008
The earlier you get up the longer the shadow from the mountain. By the time the sun is high enough to reach the cottage the […]
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The Cottage - Day 16
Posted by: Eolaí on September 29th, 2008
A beautiful, perfect day, if cold, the condensation slowly going from the windows. The sea a deep blue, everything in sunshine.
Except the cottage of […]
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The Cottage - Day 15
Posted by: Eolaí on September 28th, 2008
It’s grey, it’s cloudy, it’s misty, but it all feels different now.
I walk outside with the dog beside me and I look at the headlands, […]
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The Cottage - Day 14
Posted by: Eolaí on September 27th, 2008
A perfect blue square through the skylight as the steps of a dog on wood wake me.
Well, not a perfect blue square; it’s a […]
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The Cottage - Day 13
Posted by: Eolaí on September 26th, 2008
Clouds. Rain. Soft, but rain. Like a heavy dark ceiling with a light fringe that drags on the ground and hides the view.
Over the hill […]
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The Cottage - Day 12
Posted by: Eolaí on September 25th, 2008
Rain. Beating on the roof. Cold sloppy drops, without pattern. The ones you want to come in to a hot whiskey to. With somebody. But […]
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The Cottage - Day 11
Posted by: Eolaí on September 24th, 2008
Wake up to a blue sky everywhere.
Everywhere else that is. Over my cottage is a large dark grey slab, and it is about to […]
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The Cottage - Day 10
Posted by: Eolaí on September 23rd, 2008
The dog reacts to the tractor first, running with blanket from bed to window. For the 3rd day in a row a vehicle is coming […]
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The Cottage - Day 9
Posted by: Eolaí on September 22nd, 2008
Misty morning. Or, if you prefer, rain without wind.
Hey, the smell is gone. The kitchen/living room/dining room no longer smells of dead rodent or water […]
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The Cottage - Day 8
Posted by: Eolaí on September 21st, 2008
The first day in almost a week that the dog doesn’t get up before me. Grey and windy outside, but judging by the sea maybe […]
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The Cottage - Day 7
Posted by: Eolaí on September 18th, 2008
It is Saturday, but to know that I have to look it up on the computer.
Stillness. Blue sky, blue sea, green fields, green islands.
Let’s […]
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The Cottage - Day 6
Posted by: Eolaí on September 16th, 2008
I can’t tell anymore if it’s raining or not. It probably doesn’t matter. With no need to cycle to the village the day won’t be […]
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The Cottage - Day 5
Posted by: Eolaí on September 16th, 2008
A bright start. Raining, but a bright kind of rain. And the winds have gone. Yes I will cycle today.
An email from the landlord tells […]
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