Blogs from County Tipperary, Ireland, Europe - page 2

Ireland is a country that revels in its history. Traditional music is everywhere, houses that don't fit the style of the past are rare and events such as a battle between a king of another country and his father-in-law that happened in the 1600s are celebrated with fervour in some quarters. Lough Gur is a place where you can be nice and close to really old Irish history. Lough Gur is the site of one of the earliest known settlements on the island of Ireland 6,000 years ago. There is physical evidence of occupation from the Neolithic time, through the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Early Christian and Medieval to today. The site allows archaeologists, historians and the rest of us ordinary mortals the opportunity to see and hear about how our forebears have gone about addressing ... read more

Staying in a small apartment which has been built above a garage. Near Horse and Jockey (!) and not far from Thurles--pronounced Tur-less. My change fro 5 Euro when I bought an apple and a choclate bar was "tree turty". A young bloke I got talking to had just completed a Community Studies course in Thurles and wanted to get into "yute work"--nothing to do with Holdens. You get the idea. Countryside is pretty, rolling country and very green. Dairying is the main type of agriculture and the not unpleasant smell of dairy cow shit hangs in the air where I am staying. I have a VW Golf which is ideal, the roads are good to adequate and traffic is pretty light. Signage is good and I am finding my way around. Went straight to Ballycahill ... read more

Geo: 52.5168, -7.89117Christine M KeefeCFOMetro Imaging, LLC... read more

Geo: 52.376, -7.92551Christine M KeefeCFOMetro Imaging, LLC... read more

Well Part One of Global Sorority has come to an end in Tipperary County. As of tomorrow would have taken nine flights, six very long car drives, 2 botabota's at night, one of which we were stopped by police at a road block, and a few long walks across dirt roads and farmlands in 21 days. Tia and I have finished our trip on her family’s organic farm. The weather has been a bit chilly with beautiful sun and sporadic clouds and showers. It’s such a great experience being on a farm and I wish I was able to experience a little more but it’s time to go home. At first it seemed a little odd for me to come this far not to experience all of Ireland or at least a little more but what ... read more