The many thrills of seaweed
If you asked anyone which country is the most famous for eating seaweed, most would probably answer “Japan.” But did you know that approximately 40,000 tones of seaweed are harvested each year in Ireland?...
Category: Ireland
Why is peat extraction still a common sight in Ireland?
Coming from the Netherlands, I have never seen peat extraction in practice, or even a single piece of turf, in real life. It’s a relic of our grandparents’ era, something we only know from...
First month on ‘The Emerald Isle’
Chomh ciotach le muc i sciathlán*… Yeah, that’s not exactly easy to understand, right? Years of living in Asia has made us more aware of our European identity; moving from Chinese- and Japanese-speaking islands...
