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DAY 21: Mini Rolls
I love Cadbury Mini Rolls. Hands down, Mini Rolls are the best packaged snack cake in Ireland. American readers might think a Mini Roll looks just like a Hostess HoHo. They may look similar, but there...
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DAY 22: Kilmichael
View from Kilmichael Ambush memorial Several of my great-great-grandparents were born in Kilmichael Parish, County Cork. I first visited the area in 2009, and I fell in love with the rugged landscape....
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DAY 23: Clonmacnoise
I visited Clonmacnoise for the first time in 1988. I stayed with the Walsh family of Ballinasloe, County Galway for the “family stay” part of my summer study program. They brought me to the monastic...
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DAY 24: W.B. Yeats
Think I am running out of favorite things? Not a chance! I have saved the best for the last seven days. William Butler Yeats has been my favorite Irish poet for a long time. I guess I am not very...
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DAY 25: Ardmore Pottery & Gallery
View from Ardmore Pottery I love Ardmore Pottery & Gallery. It’s a pottery studio and stylish craft shop rolled into one. From www.ArdmorePottery.com: Mary Lincoln established Ardmore Pottery and...
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DAY 26: Johnstown, County Kildare
Photo by Regan McCormack There are other Johnstowns in Ireland, but I am talking about Johnstown in County Kildare. I would love this village even if I had no connection to it. The picturesque ruins of...
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DAY 27: I LOVE MAYO
I saw this beautiful print on a website a couple of years ago and fell in love with I Love Mayo - the company owned by talented artist Jane Steger-Lewis. Jane is based in the west of Ireland, on County...
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DAY 28: Cobh
I love Cobh. I wrote about the harbor town in County Cork here. Cobh was the last of Ireland seen by millions of Irish leaving home for new lives in North America. For this reason, it was called the...
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DAY 29: Michael Quirke
Image from http://www.sligoarts,ie It’s been too many years since I’ve made it up to Sligo for a visit with my favorite butcher-turned-woodcarver, Michael Quirke. I have a couple of Michael Quirke’s...
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DAY 30: Jimmy and Helen
Helen and Jimmy McCormack Can’t believe the month is already over. And here I sit with a list a mile long of things I love about Ireland! What to pick for my last favorite thing… The entire Irish...
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