tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766680239665852251.post2580439296526176083..comments2023-07-23T00:31:41.046-07:00Comments on Rachel Gaffney's Real Ireland: WHAT IS REAL ?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348343764308340525noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766680239665852251.post-89383227119193223152010-04-25T22:56:05.678-07:002010-04-25T22:56:05.678-07:00Rachel - this is a lovely post. I live in Ireland ...Rachel - this is a lovely post. I live in Ireland but am not Irish and hearing about your life and how American's especially view Ireland (and I can say that since I am American) is so different that the REAL Ireland. The REAL Ireland is just as you describe - people are genuine and chat you up anywhere-there is a richness and genuineness that I never seemed to truly find in America where I grew up and lived for 20 years. Ireland has now become my home albeit for a mere three years but I love it and thank you so much for standing up and standing firm about why you named you company - it all makes complete sence to me! Lisa McGee aka Nenaghgal http://nenaghgal.blogspot.com.Lisa McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097636638838366526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766680239665852251.post-55866913000763882882010-04-21T19:52:20.371-07:002010-04-21T19:52:20.371-07:00Rachel,
Growing up when I did in Connecticut was ...Rachel,<br /><br />Growing up when I did in Connecticut was so similar to you growing up in Ireland. You took me right back, the Ursuline nuns, the fish on Friday, the stretching food to the point of my mother preparing "refrigerator stew" which used what was left from many meals. Nothing was wasted. We learned to take calendars, glue them to shirt cardboard, and then cut them up to make puzzles to give our cousins as Christmas presents. I know that my love of crafts, especially knitting, grew from that background. It formed the person I am. Thanks for expressing it so clearly.<br /><br />PeggyPeggy Gaffneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891789659160361135noreply@blogger.com