THE IRISH Diaspora (broadly interpreted of course) contains over 100 million people. That’s roughly fifteen times the population of Ireland. It’s almost impossible to spit in the New World without hitting someone who claims to be at least a tenth Celt. What is it about this place that makes such a large percentage of the world’s population so proud to have an ancestral connection? Well here’s a few reasons I came up with. For the Irish lucky enough to call Ireland home, bain sult as!
1. Pink sky at night over Mulroy Bay, Donegal
By Trevor Cole
2. Surfing the north Atlantic
By Roger Sharp
3. Post-Sunday lunch walks along the coast
4. Celtic folktales — Mermaid’s Cave, Dunluce
By Bryan Hanna
5. World’s best road trips (after Scotland, of course) — Dún Chaoin Pier.
6. One of Mother Nature’s greatest feats, Giants Causeway
By Noel Casaje
7. Because there’s nowhere you’d rather be on a day like this than in the pub in Galway Bay
8. Views like this, looking out over The Cliff of Moher
9. The Northern Lights dancing over Dunluce Castle
10. An ancient history that makes the New World seem like play school — Ross Errilly, Headford, Galway
11. Because it doesn’t get more peaceful than this — Mussenden Temple, Londonderry
12. These little chaps in The Saltee Islands
13. The beaches in Galway — Mulranny, County Mayo
By Paul Hull