Coming to visit us in Ireland? Here are a few things you can expect this time of year

My short guide to Ireland

Sounds of the Irish countryside

The Cuckoo

Tractors

Sheep

Rain (drizzle, slanty rain, thundery rain)

Festivals - all kinds

Smells of the Irish countryside

Turf (if you are in the ‘whest’)

Grass

Sheep

Rain

Slurry

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Coming to visit us in Ireland? Here are a few things you can expect this time of year

Featured Posts

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Funerary Monuments of Co. Galway

Celebrating National Biodiversity Week in Co. Galway 22-29 May 2020

Obituaries at home and abroad - tracing ancestors and learning about family relationships

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Like a scrapbook, but one with manners

History in small places

Christmas Customs

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