{"id":5586,"date":"2022-12-28T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=5586"},"modified":"2022-12-08T01:10:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T01:10:06","slug":"5-of-my-favorite-irish-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/28\/5-of-my-favorite-irish-things\/","title":{"rendered":"5 of my Favorite Irish Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(In no particular order.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Knots<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 I love Celtic knot designs. Our wedding rings have the eternity knot design, a symbol that love never ends. My husband stenciled a Celtic knot design on the landing of the stairs leading to my office. We have the design in several places around our home, including stepping stones outside. The design is ancient and for me, inspiring. You can find it all over Ireland in high crosses and churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/will-o-St4qInZrYC4-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/will-o-St4qInZrYC4-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/will-o-St4qInZrYC4-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/will-o-St4qInZrYC4-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/will-o-St4qInZrYC4-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/will-o-St4qInZrYC4-unsplash-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/will-o-St4qInZrYC4-unsplash.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@blnk_kanvas?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Will O<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/celtic-knot?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monasterboice-cross-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"High Cross at Monasterboice\" class=\"wp-image-5083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monasterboice-cross-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monasterboice-cross-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monasterboice-cross-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monasterboice-cross-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monasterboice-cross-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monasterboice-cross-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monasterboice-cross-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monasterboice \u00a9CindyThomson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Sayings<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 Love those witty sayings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Trust God but don&#8217;t do a jig in a currach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em> May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you\u2019re dead! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>May neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stuff like that. Do you have any you&#8217;d like to share?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Music<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 Wow. Not much need to explain, is there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/morgan-lane-wlY66otjq28-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/morgan-lane-wlY66otjq28-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/morgan-lane-wlY66otjq28-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/morgan-lane-wlY66otjq28-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/morgan-lane-wlY66otjq28-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/morgan-lane-wlY66otjq28-unsplash-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/morgan-lane-wlY66otjq28-unsplash.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@themorganlane?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Morgan Lane<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/irish-music?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Grass<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; The green stuff, you know. Such a delight for the eyes, especially near the blue ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6LKzt_qmm3Q\/T0fMRnj76tI\/AAAAAAAACIE\/U3N1dDkLZwU\/s320\/100_1938.JPG\" alt=\"sheep in Ireland\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9CindyThomson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>5. People<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 I love Irish people. So friendly and generous with their time and craic. Craic? Well, that could be a whole other blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ireland-via-Hey-Postcard-48080756-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"people playing instruments in Ireland\" class=\"wp-image-5589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ireland-via-Hey-Postcard-48080756-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ireland-via-Hey-Postcard-48080756-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ireland-via-Hey-Postcard-48080756-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ireland-via-Hey-Postcard-48080756-850x478.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ireland-via-Hey-Postcard-48080756.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Via Heygo tour Traditional Music Session in Kilfenora, Co. Clare, Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are only five of my favorites. I could come up with more. What about you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are your favorite Irish things?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(In no particular order.) 1. Knots\u00a0 \u00a0 I love Celtic knot designs. Our wedding rings have the eternity knot design, a symbol that love never ends. My husband stenciled a Celtic knot design on the landing of the stairs leading to my office. We have the design in several places around our home, including stepping&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,448],"tags":[529,144,528],"class_list":["post-5586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-music","tag-favorite-things","tag-ireland","tag-irish-music-session"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5590,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586\/revisions\/5590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}