The Heart Of Ireland

In the 1920’s a gentleman called Patrick Sharkey wrote a book about our region and titled it ‘The Heart of Ireland’. I regard that title as a touchstone in describing my own place. While Killarney, Dublin, Clare, Galway, Connemara are well known brand names in Irish tourism we have our own attractions and mysteries in ‘The Heart of Ireland’, North Roscommon. A tag line for my neighbouring County is ‘Sligo is Surprising’ and so it is. It is also part of my canvas, with majestic landscapes, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and special hills. It has inspired the greatest of poetry and the purest of music. This is my country and hopefully I'll be traversing it and its people in this blog as the months go by.