Friends and even strangers, hearing of my Irish connections, have often asked me where I would recommend they visit in Ireland.
That seems like a simple question. But whenever I start to talk about what I've learned in thirty trips to Ireland, I find it far from simple.
So I wrote this book: to give those who've never been to Ireland a taste of its extraordinary beauty and richness of culture, to give those planning to travel there ideas on how to experience its spiritual treasures, and to give those familiar with the land an armchair journey to some of its lesser-known sites.
In this book I travel in the ancient way, around the island “with my left shoulder to the sea,” touching but never exhausting the four provinces and the mystic, mythic center.
--Patricia Monaghan
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