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“Lauraine Harper emailed me a few weeks back. She read that we love to tell peoples stories and told us she was eager to tell us her marriage proposal story. I can see why. This is truly a touching story. Thank you Lauraine for sharing this with us“

We would like to share our Ireland Trip story with you, for it is charged with two very different types of emotion.

Billy’s Mom, JoAnne Dunlevy was not feeling well when we started out for our very first trip to Ireland. We stopped to see her on the way to the airport. We told her we would cancel our plans and in her usual unselfish way she said to us “You kids get on that plane and don’t look back”. She always spoke of her desire to go back to her roots in her family’s County Clare. We promised her we would go there and have a toast in her honor. …continue reading A unique Irish marriage proposal

It may seem strange to people outside of Ireland but most native Irish people cannot speak their own language, even though we’re taught it from the age of seven. I hate to admit that I’m one of those that never got to grips with the language. I learned more Spanish in one year than I did in twelve years of Irish.

…continue reading Des Bishop – In the name of the Fada