Our favorite guest blogger Gerry Britt returns once again to our Emerald Isle. He’s on his own and ready to do some serious exploring. After a whirlwind tour around the island visiting old friends and making new ones, Gerry sits down to tell us all about his time in … I was sitting on the [...]
Our favourite guest blogger Gerry Britt educates us on the deliberations and subtleties of packing for a trip to Ireland. I’ve been fortunate enough to visit the Emerald Isle three times in the last four years. I’m returning in August to spend time with American ex-pat old friends, new Irish cousins, and the remaining 17 [...]
Everyone’s a little Irish on St Patrick’s Day, and celebrating with a party, wherever you are in the world, is a method we most approve of. Our favourite guest blogger Gerry Britt reveals his recipes for a successful St Patrick’s Day party. I moved to Virginia in February, 1995. St. Patrick’s Day soon rolled around [...]
Okay, so you’ve just returned from your dream holiday in Ireland. The flight was long, you’ve wrestled the luggage in (including the bag purchased on the last day to hold all the sweaters), tossed your carry-on on the kitchen chair, and flopped down in the living room, contemplating unpacking. “What a trip!” you think, followed [...]
In the final post of the three-part story about tracing his ancestry in County Tipperary, Gerry Britt reaches an emotional conclusion in the fields of Ballyfinnane. The night in the pub was an unforgettable one, but I was determined to keep things moving on the research front. The next day found me in the home [...]
The road back to your roots can be an emotional one, but it’s nothing if not rich and rewarding. Visitor Gerry Britt embarks on an momentous journey that brings him right to the heart of rural Ireland, to the village his grandfather left in 1906. It was our third trip to Ireland, and my family [...]
Who needs a sat nav in Ireland when you have the wonderful Irish way of calculating distance: it all depends on when you have to be there. Guest Blogger and regular visitor Gerard Britt explains. One of the many things that fascinated me about Ireland was its monastic history. And the site that fascinated me [...]
Isn’t it nice to know where you come from? To put a name and personality to the ancestors whose lives, work and travel brought us to where we are today? It is nice to know where you come from, as American visitor Gerry Britt discovered, and it’s nice to come home, too. My son stared [...]
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