Falk was to blame. To be more precise, anticyclone Falk. For many weeks it ensured incredibly hot weather atypical for Ireland, let raging rivers dry up into miserable runlets and transformed green, lush meadows into dust-dry fields. No joke, the high over Ireland really was called “Falk”, I’ve got a photo to prove it! We […]
North West Wind
“Everything is different up here” they say – we cannot say whether that is really the case. Anyway, the far north of the Irish Republic, which is rarely visited by tourists due to its remote location and poor infrastructure, quickly captured our hearts. Full of extremes, it presents itself sometimes rough, whipped by wind and […]
Seascapes & Traditions
Shortly before Easter we explored the coast in the south west of our county Clare around Miltown Malbay, where traditional music and Irish culture are located, for the first time. Discovering Spanish Point and its history We started with the blue flag beach at Spanish Point. As we learned soon, it got its name from […]
Céad Míle Fáilte
The trip to Ireland in the autumn of 2016 left a lasting impression on us. The not so distant land of lush green meadows, endless and deserted sandy beaches, constant rain, but also of thousand rainbows that lies on the western edge of Europe and in which the clocks are still ticking differently – we […]
