The following day, we were supposed to go to Mizen Head (the western most part of Ireland) but alas the bridge had been condemned and we had no way of reaching it.  So instead, Tom decided that we would visit the Bantry House — home to the Earl of Bantry. Check out the Lady of [...]

The second day of our tour, we walked across the street and took a tour of the Skibbereen Heritage Centre.  They have a wonderful exhibit on The Great Famine — it is known as The Great Hunger in Ireland.  There are a lot of misconceptions about this era in Irish history.  Perhaps the biggest was [...]

After having read my last blog post, Chucklebutt was quick to point out that I didn’t properly explain what I was doing in Ireland — and without him no less.  My sweet momma and I are huge fans of this amazing woman. For those of you who don’t know who that is — she is [...]

Okay, so I’ve actually been back a little over a week, but this Arizona heat is kicking my ass!  I went from beautiful, mild 70 degree weather to temps that are over 115!  As I was swimming with my residents this past week, two of them said they have never experienced sweating while in a [...]