Tag Archives: Round Towers

As you may have seen in the news this week, President Obama has been in Northern Ireland at the G8 summit. While he has been distracted with matters of the world, his lovely wife and daughters got to do a little bit of sight-seeing. Whoever created their itinerary made a great choice when deciding on a trip to Glendalough. I’m ... Read More »

I remember sitting in classrooms back home in Ireland many years ago and listening to my teachers depicting scenes for my classmates and I, about our ancestors and of the struggles they fought through. One such set of struggles were those of the Christian monks and priests who... Read More »