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Trip to Ireland, May 2025.
Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland.
Literary pilgrimage whilst in Dublin. (How could I not?😉)
Mary Lavin was one of Ireland’s influential twentieth century writers especially known for her short stories. In recent years, they have named a street for her and placed a delightful sculpture related to a story scene in the adjacent Wilton Park.
Behind the area is where her residence of many years stands and the place of her lively literary gatherings.
Famine Memorial sculptures and EPIC Immigration Museum in Dublin, Ireland, were a moving and powerful experience.
(EPIC = Every person is connected.)
It was with great pleasure that I added my ancestor, Ann Brennan Ginty Campbell, to their database.
After researching her story of leaving Ireland during the famine and eventually making her way to Gold Rush country in California, she inspired my novel, Campbell’s Boy.
Newgrange and Knowth are passage tombs in Ireland.
I visited this World Heritage Site almost 30 years ago, a visceral experience that imprinted on me. So much so that I wrote a short story about it. (“Martin”, recently published by Mobius Blvd, under Short Stories Tab)
Seeing it again offered new and different prisms and angles of this awe inspiring place. Connecting with ancestors indeed.
Ireland has influenced my writing in many ways. These are some of those ways.
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