by Barbara | Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have written before of my interest in modern Irish History, particularly the period leading up to Irish Indepdenance. Therefore it was no hardship to be sent by Vanessa O Loughlin of the brilliant website for writers, writing.ie to interview Fearghal McGarry about...
by Barbara | Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
It was a cold Monday morning, the 3rd of December 1979 when I arrived at 8/11 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin for my first day at my first ever real job. I clumped up the stairs in my brand new tan cowboy boots to the 3rd floor where I was asked to take a seat in the...
by Barbara | Sep 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
The wind is howling outside, whistling down the chimney and slightly unsettling the dog as he slumbers on the rug in front of the roaring fire. The girls are in bed and I am reading. The scent of my recently brewed coffee mixes with the fragrant smell of turf on the...
by Barbara | Aug 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
On a bright sunny and warm August day in 1987 I held my tiny 2 week old baby daughter close to my chest as my breath was stolen away by the RAF Red Arrows zooming in from the west to swoop over the air field at Baldonnel. I could feel the noise and the speed right...
by Barbara | Aug 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Air heavy with the sweet tang of salt and seaweed.Riotous hedgerows bursting with orange crocosmia, creamy pink honeysuckle and purple thistle heads. Splashes of red fushia buzzing loudly as unseen bees do their work. A lone cow stands upon a rocky outcrop. Water...
