The Islands of Ireland

By Mike Collins | January 19, 2018 |
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Have you ever lived on an island? OK – I realise that places like Ireland ARE islands, but I mean the smaller islands like the ones that hug the wild coast of the west of Ireland. Earlier this week, I came across the following in a local newspaper: The births of six babies on Sherkin…

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Skibbereen to Mizen Head on the Wild Atlantic Way

By Mike Collins | June 5, 2014 |
Mizen Head Bridge

We pick up on our next leg of the Wild Atlantic Way – travelling from Skibbereen to Mizen Head in County Cork – after leaving Cape Clear behind us. This leg feels like “home territory” for me as I know the area well – my own family of Collins’ came from outside the village of Ballydehob.

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