Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. ―John Lennon #quote
Dia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann. Ross Castle, Killarney, Co Kerry
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Dia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
The short-term pain of accepting a truth is better than a long-term pain of believing a lie. Upper Lake, Killarney National Park, Ring of Kerry, Gareth Wray Photography
Read MoreToday in Irish History – 3 January:
1663 – Thomas Crompton of Arklow, a clergyman, petitions the House of Lords that ‘Constantine Neal of Wexford, merchant, refuseth to restore the bell belonging to the steepl (sic) of Arklow, which he saw in his possession’. An order is made for its restoration. 1823 – Death of General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert. He was […]
Read MoreOíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.
At Christmas, all roads lead home. Milky Way over Dún Chaoin Pier, Dingle, Co Kerry, kerryviews.com Photography
Read MoreOíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, Co Kerry
Read MoreDia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through. Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Killarney, Co Kerry, Trish Punch Photography
Read MoreDia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. Descending from An Clasach towards Ventry with the view of the beautiful snow capped mountains in Killarney, Co Kerry, Florian Walsh Photography
Read MoreDia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
One of the greatest mental freedoms is truly not caring what anyone else thinks of you. ‘Abandonment’ – Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, Co Kerry, Niall O’Sullivan Photography
Read MoreDia daoibh ar maidin. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann.
Effort doesn’t matter if love is left behind. Killarney, Co Kerry, William Duggan Photography
Read MoreWhat Really Happened At Ballyseedy! Irish Civil War
You can still find bullet-marked walls in Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee. There, young Kerrymen faced squads after “interrogation” carried out by officers beating them with a hammer. Worse than these “authorised killings” were the atrocities carried out “unofficially”. Of these, one act will always stand out in infamy the blowing up of nine prisoners at Ballyseedy […]
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