Tag Archives: Graan Monastery

Irish Sanctuaries

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Dianne Ascroft

One Sunday we went for a drive and stopped along the shore of Lough Derg in County Donegal. We got out of the car and wandered along the edge of the lough. Gazing across the water I spotted a huge … Continue reading →

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Fermanagh Gems

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Dianne Ascroft

With the thirty-ninth G8 Summit soon to be held in a quiet corner of County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, not too far from where I live, I got to thinking that there’s probably lots of people who know little about … Continue reading →