Flashback: And then Seanan went to IRELAND.

[seanan_mcguire]

All my life, I've known that my mother's people were from Ireland, but apart from one very short stop during a visit to England several years ago, I had never been. The country that shaped my grandparents was a mystery to me. Part of why I was so pleased to be invited to be a Guest of Honor at Shamrokon was the opportunity to see Ireland, and

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[liddle_oldman]

Sounds like an excellent trip.

Of course, after this, I had to go read "Fog on the Barrow-Downs" again.

[seanan_mcguire]

Good life choice.

[ironed_orchid]

Newgrange was the one tourist/heritage site I visited in Ireland, and it is amazing.

[seanan_mcguire]

It really is.

[tikiera]

Newgrange was awesome and scary and so very different from any place I had ever been. The quiet there was a quiet unlike anyplace else - I have been alone in the woods with no people for miles, and I felt more isolated in the tomb with my fellow tourists.

I felt safe and alone and somehow that felt scary.

[seanan_mcguire]

I get that.

[theadydal]

Eh that wasn't me, that was Shevy, who was also a member of the Shamrokon committee and Brian's spouse.

[seanan_mcguire]

Whoopsaday, and I have corrected.

[fluffworld]

I am very amused to see that Brian and Shevy, once again, are mentioned as tour guides extraordinaire for Dublin. (In fairness, they are.) To misquote Neil Gaiman, there are only 500 real people in Ireland and Brian and Shevy are about 350 of them...