And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, March 14, 2026
A woman and girl walk through a honeycomb of stone walls to get water from a pump, Inishmaan, the Aran Islands, 1971
I cannot imagine how rocky the soil must have been for the ancient Irish. If it had been me, I would have given up, boarded a ship and headed to America.
I spent some time on Inis Mor the larger of the 3 Aran islands, but my last visit was 40 years ago so I'm sure things have changed. The big attraction was Dun Aengus an ancient stone fort which sits on a high point of the island overlooking the Atlantic 700 feet below.
My thinking is rocks in the gardens have to go somewhere, or no one likes their neighbors
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagine how rocky the soil must have been for the ancient Irish. If it had been me, I would have given up, boarded a ship and headed to America.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, the choices. Pile rocks, or become an indentured servant.
Deleteshe could have been 4 times as much water in a wheeled cart, if she had a wheeled cart
ReplyDeleteI spent some time on Inis Mor the larger of the 3 Aran islands, but my last visit was 40 years ago so I'm sure things have changed. The big attraction was Dun Aengus an ancient stone fort which sits on a high point of the island overlooking the Atlantic 700 feet below.
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