Celtic Tree Signs are a fun way to get to know trees a little better! Everyone has their own tree sign that corresponds with your birthdate Poet and writer Robert Graves is said to have “rediscovered” Celtic Astrology in the 70s. He published a book about it, prompting a revival of the old astrology system….
Back in the 1600s there was much toing and froing from here to our Celtic brethren in Wales. Actually it goes back far longer than that, between St Aidan coming from St Davids to build a Church in Ferns and of of course the bould and brave Strongbow marrying Aoife Mac Murragh. But todays post…
Wexford in Ireland has over 200KM of Coastline, dotted with tiny hidden bays, long golden stretches, and quirky little harbours each one with its own stories of pirates, smugglers, and shipwrecks. One area is known as the Graveyard of 1000 ships due to the amount of ships lost there over the centuries. So it may…
They say “visiting the past, is like visiting another country” and this could especially be said of Irish history in the 1700s. During this time Ireland was a wild and dangerous place to live, especially outside the protection of Dublin! But nowhere in the country was more dangerous than Wexford. Rebel forces hiding in the…
When we think of pirates we usually think of people like Jack Sparrow, exotic islands and hidden chests of gold. It’s hard to imagine them here in Wexford but that’s just how Dollar Bay got its name and the focus this story! Back in the 1700s, a ship called the Earl of Sandwich was returning…
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