Over the next few weeks I will be preparing for another journey over the pond. Once again we shall journey to Ireland but this time we will be spending time on the Isle of Iona and Scotland. It is a journey of reflection but most importantly, I will be returning to the places where my people came from - Limerick.
I will be showcasing my photographs of the journey here. The Pilgrimage of Patrick, An Oilithreacht Phádraig in Irish, will be the showcase of a journey to sacred places and liminal spaces. With that I plan to bring you visions of such locations, both past and present, and present them to you through my eyes. Along the way I am sure to meet interesting people, collect stories like I did a year ago, and share them with you here.
Like all pilgrimages there is a spiritual side to this. To be at a place where my ancestors walked from and be present where they once were. To see the world through the eyes of others and experience it through them. In this, I will also visit the Glenn once more and return to see old friends of whom I have kept in contact with since coming back. In a sense, I feel like I am going home.
But first to do much planning and preparing...
The Road Marker
