GO Books: Going Full Tilt with Dervla Murphy
Dervla Murphy and her trusty steed, Roz Launching GO Books Full Tilt: From Ireland to India This book review of Full Tilt: From Ireland to India by Dervla Murphy marks the first in a new series on...
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Dublin is calling me! Why do I want to go to Dublin, Ireland? Many reasons of course, but mostly because my ancestry is largely Irish and I have never been there; and as a writer, I would love to walk...
View ArticleGoing home to Ireland
Pilgrimage to Ireland is part of The Gathering In spring 2013, I will be travelling to Ireland as part of an Ireland Tourism initiative called The Gathering. I will be researching my family roots...
View ArticleThe journey from Ireland … and back
The coast of Cork, Ireland: The home of my ancestors. Photo courtesy Ireland Tourism. Where it all began: A harrowing story of loss in Ireland This year, I will be Going home to Ireland as part of a...
View ArticleGathering Road Trip: On the Whelan trail in eastern Ontario
Costello Hotel, Brudenell, Ontario. Photo courtesy Paul Politis. Visiting the Ottawa Valley to find my Irish roots This year, 2013, as Ireland celebrates The Gathering (a year of festivities to welcome...
View ArticleMy link with Ireland: Nana
My grandmother, Nana, as a teenager in northern Ontario. Getting ready to trace my Whelan roots in Ireland for The Gathering On September 17, I will set foot in Ireland, land of my ancestors, for the...
View ArticleOpening up the world of oysters in PEI and Ireland
Raspberry Point Oyster farm, Prince Edward Island, Canada. My search for the world’s best — and most elusive — oyster I travelled to Prince Edward Island and, after stumbling upon the secret world of...
View ArticleJourney to Ireland for The Gathering: Part One
Me at Blackwater Castle in my ancestral village, Cork, Ireland for The Gathering On the goose bump trail to find my ancestral home in Ireland Researching my family history in Dublin, boarding a famine...
View ArticleJourney to Ireland for The Gathering: Part Two
With Annie Moore statute at the Port of Cobh where my ancestors left Ireland in 1800 The search leads to a sad farewell and an ancient castle Researching my family history in Dublin, boarding a famine...
View ArticleGO Books: Going Full Tilt with Dervla Murphy
Dervla Murphy and her trusty steed, Roz Launching GO Books Full Tilt: From Ireland to India This book review of Full Tilt: From Ireland to India by Dervla Murphy marks the first in a new series on...
View ArticleGoing home to Ireland
Pilgrimage to Ireland is part of The Gathering In spring 2013, I will be travelling to Ireland as part of an Ireland Tourism initiative called The Gathering. I will be researching my family roots...
View ArticleThe journey from Ireland … and back
The coast of Cork, Ireland: The home of my ancestors. Photo courtesy Ireland Tourism. Where it all began: A harrowing story of loss in Ireland This year, I will be Going home to Ireland as part of a...
View ArticleGathering Road Trip: On the Whelan trail in eastern Ontario
Costello Hotel, Brudenell, Ontario. Photo courtesy Paul Politis. Visiting the Ottawa Valley to find my Irish roots This year, 2013, as Ireland celebrates The Gathering (a year of festivities to welcome...
View ArticleMy link with Ireland: Nana
My grandmother, Nana, as a teenager in northern Ontario. Getting ready to trace my Whelan roots in Ireland for The Gathering On September 17, I will set foot in Ireland, land of my ancestors, for the...
View ArticleOpening up the world of oysters in PEI and Ireland
Raspberry Point Oyster farm, Prince Edward Island, Canada. My search for the world’s best — and most elusive — oyster I travelled to Prince Edward Island and, after stumbling upon the secret world of...
View ArticleJourney to Ireland for The Gathering: Part One
Me at Blackwater Castle in my ancestral village, Cork, Ireland for The Gathering On the goose bump trail to find my ancestral home in Ireland Researching my family history in Dublin, boarding a famine...
View ArticleJourney to Ireland for The Gathering: Part Two
With Annie Moore statute at the Port of Cobh where my ancestors left Ireland in 1800 The search leads to a sad farewell and an ancient castle Researching my family history in Dublin, boarding a famine...
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