Meeting Danny

Meeting Danny ~ A returning home journey to The Beara Peninsula, day 5 Liam and I awoke at 5 AM to a glorious sunrise, a bonfire of color on the northern horizon as the sun, not yet visible behind the emerald, green hills to our east, made its way into our celestial spot on the…

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My Wild Atlantic Discovery

My Wild Atlantic Discovery ~ A returning home journey to The Beara Peninsula, Day 4 Special note:  I am eternally grateful to John Murphy of Murphy’s in Casteltownbere And Rose and Ollie O’Sullivan of HighField, Adgroom, and to the two gracious folks at Causkey’s Bar for their part in the discovery I share below.  I…

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Uncovering the Bones – 100 Years of Stories

Uncovering the Bones – 100 Years of Stories ~ A returning home journey to the Beara Peninsula One of the “things” I do in my professional life, is serve on the NH Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee.  It’s about as horrible as it sounds. Actually, it’s worse.  We review the deaths of women who…

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The Storyteller of Beara

The Story Teller of Beara ~ A returning home journey to The Beara Peninsula, Day 3 It was raining and chilly today, in the low 50’s. This time of the year the average high is 60 degrees, and low is 49 degrees.  The temperature doesn’t change much all year, not by 100 degrees, like back…

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Mining My Story

Mining my Story ~ A Returning Home Journey to The Beara Peninsula, Day 2 We were exhausted yesterday.  The 5-hour time change is a bitch.  And though I’m not unfamiliar with pulling all-nighters, they eventually cause a hard crash.  Plus, the rain and clouds made it easy to sleep for hours.  The beds are comfy.…

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Arrival to Beara

Arrival to Beara ~A Returning Home Journey to The Beara Peninsula Arrived in Dublin, Ireland at 4:30 AM yesterday.  Secured our red Hyundai rental and took off from the airport.  I am quite sure the guy at the rental counter chose red for me, to decrease the likelihood of a head-on collision (see below). I…

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