This is the Sea’ by The Waterboys speaks of opportunities and forging new destinies whilst alluding to spiritual experiences. With this in mind, a recent ferry crossing to Ireland made me think how the Irish Sea has been a conduit of historical forces.
Irish Sea | Conquests | Personal Reflections
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An innocuous journey or surfing the waves of history? How a ferry voyage can connect us with the seascape and nudge the historical consciousness.
Ferry | Fishguard | Rosslare
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The invention of hot air balloon travel in the 1780s transformed the relationship between air and sea. But crossing the Irish Sea by balloon would prove to be no easy matter. This story discusses the first successful Irish Sea crossing by hot air balloon by Windham Sadler in 1817
North Wales | Irish Sea | Ballooning
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The invention of hot air balloon travel in the 1780s transformed the relationship between air and sea. But crossing the Irish Sea by balloon would prove to be no easy matter. This story discusses the beginning of those efforts. This story discusses the failures encountered in the
North Wales | Irish Sea | Ballooning
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The invention of hot air balloon travel in the 1780s transformed the relationship between air and sea. But crossing the Irish Sea by balloon would prove to be no easy matter. This story discusses the beginning of those efforts.
Dublin | Irish Sea | Ballooning
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Cynefin, cynefinoedd habitat, accustomed, conversant, familiar, intimate Hiraeth grief, homesickness, longing, nostalgia, wistfulness -Geiriadur Prifysgol Bangor University Cynefin. Roots. Familiar
Poetry | Holyhead (Wales) | Mynydd Twr (Holyhead Mountain)
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