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Cracking Good Easter Wishes!
Wishing everyone a cracking good Easter as we celebrate today! Yesterday my friend brought over three day old baby chicks for me to dote over. These new born balls of fluff sat peacefully, although loudly chirping, in my hand as I cradled...
Featured in Irish Country Living!
As a girl, growing up on the farm in County Armagh, we always had a copy of the Irish Farmer's Journal in our home. My father loved to read all the latest on sheep and cattle whilst my mother loved to read the magazine and all the interesting articles and recipes. It...
The Voice of the Irish, calling St. Patrick home
With only a few days until St. Patrick's Day I wanted to follow up on my story from last week about the journey of our patron saint, as this is such a great story, and worth telling, so here we go... When Patrick returned to Ireland, the land of his previous slavery,...
Ireland calling – the Voice from the Sea
The Irish sea was a place of terror for young Patrick who had been violently ripped from his family in ancient Roman Britannia by a band of Irish pirates and hauled off to a place that the Romans called Hibernia (meaning - the land of perceptual winter). He worked as...
Love Irish Chocoalte? …… continued
t's almost Valentine's Day and I am still dreaming of Irish Chocolate! Today I wanted to highlight a few of my favorite chocolate desserts that we had the opportunity to taste and devour last year whilst leading our Shamrock and Peach Tours. Irish chefs are creating...
Love Irish Chocolate….. continued
In pursuit of the best Irish chocolates we turn to Dingle Town in County Kerry,a stop on last summer's Shamrock and Peach Southern Elegance tours. The Wild Irish Chocolate Shop, situated on the main street in Dingle, had an assortment of fudge, marshmallows, toffee,...
Love Irish Chocolate
Are you just like me and in love with chocolate? Of course you are! - This week is Valentine's, and in celebration I am blogging about some of my favorite Irish Chocolate experiences. For us Irish living abroad there are always two requests we have for friends and...
Blue cheese & bacon tatter cups for the Super Bowl!
Super Bowl 53 is in our hometown of Atlanta this weekend and the buzz is in the air! The sun is shining, it feels like spring, the traffic is horrible (what's new?) and all the great and good are descending on the ATL for the annual fest of football and quirky ads on...
To the Wild Irish Women everywhere- St. Bridget, the roots of hospitality
Ireland's legendary hospitality has many roots but on the first day of Spring, February 1st, we remember St. Bridget or Mary of the Gaels. St. Bridget of Kildare is buried in Downpatrick, County Down beside our St. Patrick, and legend has it that Bridget defied her...
Scotch Pancakes with Smoked Salmon for Burns
Wondering what to bring to your Burn’s Night celebrations parties? Here’s a simple Scottish recipe that will be the hit of the party!