Tír Eile - A Place Apart
Tír Eile is my journal of process and discovery, shaped by the landscapes that pull me near and far, and nourished by poetry, design, food, and travel.
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The messy process (opens the original)
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September (opens the original)
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I know I’m not alone in the feeling that by the end of the summer I am craving routine again. We spent a good bit of time in Kerry over the last few months at our cottage, Tír Eile. The children were around all the time, friends came and went, we swam, went into Kenmare, ate out, had people to stay. I love the looseness of those weeks and I try, more than I used to, to accept that very little work is going to happen.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image
Summer pause (opens the original)
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Hi friends,Just a short note to say that I’m going to pause this substack and all paid subscriptions for the month of August.Summer has a way of filling every corner of the days, and in an effort to make the most of these fleeting weeks, I’ve realised something has to give for a little while.Rather than trying to squeeze out posts between everything else, I’d much rather step away properly and come back in September feeling rested, inspired, and with plenty to share.Thank you so much for being h
Settling in (opens the original)
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Dinnseanchas (opens the original)
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I’m staying at our cottage in Kerry this week. It’s been beautiful being here with my kids, especially in this milder summer weather. As children coming down here from Dublin, my sister and I would cram into the back of the car at 5 a.m., with our pillows and duvets, still half asleep and not properly wake until breakfast in Killarney. The last leg of the then seven-hour journey usually involved multiple stops to accommodate my inevitable car sickness. When we finally arrived in Derrynane, we’d
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