Friends, take note – this is an ideal Christmas present! If it has...| Roaringwater Journal
I spent Saturday in Baltimore celebrating, with dozens of Crowleys, a signal occasion. This celebration involved the iconic boat The Saoirse, exhaustive genealogical research, long lost cousins mee…| Roaringwater Journal
A few weeks ago I visited the National Museum in Dublin especially to...| Roaringwater Journal
I was dubious, but I have decided to go for it. Following on from the excellent advice you, our readers, sent me, I have embarked on the new adventure of creating a Substack newsletter. Essentially…| Roaringwater Journal
Finally getting back to good old St Brendan and his voyage. (You can...| Roaringwater Journal
Last week I finally managed to make it to one of Derry Duff Farm’s open days – something I have been trying to do for a couple of years, ever since I started reading about what Steve and Clai…| Roaringwater Journal
AI is a double-edged sword and the future for Roaringwater Journal, and blogs like it, is looking grim. First, the not-so-bad news. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I have been exploring variou…| Roaringwater Journal
There are several versions of the Brendan story (that’s a Harry Clarke Brendan, above, from Tullamore), and some of the stories in one version might not be present in another. This particular…| Roaringwater Journal
I am fond of telling people (because I read it somewhere) that the Voyage of St Brendan the Navigator was a “medieval best seller.” But I have just acquired a book (above) that made me look mo…| Roaringwater Journal
Last week I left you at the threshold of the Castle and Friary on Sherkin, promising to come back to them this week. As I read up about them, though, I realise that each deserves a post of its own,…| Roaringwater Journal
