Being that it is St. Patrick's Day and all
I couldn't resist sharing some of the reasons I fell in love
with
Ireland
1. Country lanes lined in stone walls
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| Plenty of these roads where you can find yourself virtually alone |
2. Castles and forts
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| Charles Fort in Kinsale ... in the past, it was Britain's largest star shaped fort |
3. Wild, windy cliffs of Dingle and Galway
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| I may be smiling but it was frickin windy up there! |
4. Green grass with all its various hues
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| Cattle and sheep dot the lush valleys and hills |
5. Irish pubs
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| Filled with music, Irish whiskey and all kinds of characters with a story. |
6. Guinness
 Did you know that 5.5 million pints are consumed around the world. But on St. Patty's Day? That number more than doubles to 13 million pints! |
7. Music
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| Irish seem born with a love of music and at some point, all join in to sing |
8. Literature
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| Greats such as James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde. Photo of Trinity College. |
9. Redheads and freckles
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| Lest you doubt my Irish heritage of red hair and freckles, here with lovely lady in Dingle |
10. Villages filled with people
of tenacity & endurance,
passionate & poetic
for their homeland
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| Photo of a small coastal village in Cork County |
May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
~Irish Blessing~
missing the mom gene
