Robyn Flemming, the author of Skinful: A Memoir of Addiction, is very much alive and well and currently in Malaysia. In this, the first of three guest posts (GPs), Robyn…
Three hundred thirty-one soldiers lie in this military cemetery (Vojenský cintorín), a stone’s throw from the Austrian border. Born in nine different countries, whatever differences they had are buried with…
The Slavín Monument with its Slavín Military Cemetery is the high point of Bratislava – literally. It’s here people come to look down on the city, to get a feel…
The great expanse of land known as The Curragh is home to The Curragh Camp, an army base and military college that has been on the go since 1855. Established…
I have vague memories of Clonmacnoise from my primary school history lessons. I know that the monastery was founded by St Ciaran and seven or was it eight of his…
On the rare occasion, I drive cross-country to the city of Pécs, I pass through the village of Böhönye. On the edge of the town sits a cemetery that screams…
Some people have a hard time passing shoe shops or pubs or art galleries. Me, I find it difficult to pass a cemetery. I’ve never visited one yet that wasn’t…
To my shame, considering I’ve spent a sizeable part of my life in Co. Kildare, I only found out recently that Arthur Guinness was buried up the road in Oughterard…
The tiny cemetery that sits in the grounds of what has to be the most photographed church in Co. Kildare is a haven for a handful of local parishioners.
