The Connemara Giant : Modern Irish Mythology
It is said that you haven’t truly visited Connemara until you have touched the hand of the Connemara Giant. Perched atop his pedestal in Recess, halfway between Galway city and Clifden, Conn is my first welcome to Connemara. The Legend of the Connemara Giant We were woefully unaware of the legend of the Connemara Giant […]
Ireland Family Vacation Trip Report – the Mapes Family
Thank you to Amy Mapes for sharing this account of their Ireland family vacation. To read more about the Mapes family’s Ireland trip, visit Mapes Family Adventures. I don’t have a bucket list and neither do my children. I try to make any kind of trip…whether it is a day trip or a long vacation…an […]
Visiting Dan O’Hara’s Cottage in Connemara
The Irish are natural storytellers, and often their tales are best told through song. Such is the ballad of Dan O’Hara. For refusing to pay increased rent (due to increasing the windows size in his cottage), Dan and his family were evicted and forced to emigrate to New York. Dan’s wife and three of his […]
