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Ballyknockan – The Granite Stonecutters Village
Lake View at Ballyknockan, Blessington, Co. Wicklow Its hard to believe that this is where you can be in just a twenty minute drive out from Dublin (well Tallaght to be specific). After taking the turn off for Valleymount a few kilometers outside Bless …Read more -
Traditional Wexford Cottages
Reams could be written about the architecture of Wexford from the stunning period houses to the lighthouse and Norman walls of Wexford town but it is the ordinary common place vernacular Cottages that I have most interest in and Wexford provides a weal …Read more -
Wexford Tour – Day 1 – Johnstown Castle, Agricultural Museum, Moyglass, National Heritage Park
Wexford became the first stop on my tour of Ireland by default – a good friend asked me to come down to the Wexford Strawberry Festival. I love Strawberries and it was just handy that the county she asked me to visit was one of the – ‘never been’ coun …Read more -
Cottageology Irish Tour **Postponed until Winter 2012**
**Note this tour had to be postponed again due to lack of funds but will be kicked off again Winter 2012** A tour of Ireland is something I have wanted to do for years but lack of time, money, travel buddies and many of my other excuses have pushed thi …Read more