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Moving to Ireland

Colette O'Neill
Over recent months, I have met so many lovely people from the United States. Many have visited me here at Bealtaine Cottage.
All who have visited expressed delight in the beauty of Ireland and the warmth of Irish people.
It’s also interesting to talk in depth with people who express surprise in the differences they find here in Ireland. However, what I love most is the way in which these conversations resonate with me later, as I tend my garden, in my own solitude.
As I work, I think of the reasons why I returned home to Ireland from the UK 21 years ago. I had lived in London for 30 years and had grown used to the invisibility from everyday people and society in general.
I had lived in a beautiful part of North London and had a comfortable life raising my children and eventually teaching. I brought my children to Ireland each year and always felt great loss as the ship pulled out of Dublin docks towards the UK.
In the end, with my children grown, I wanted peace and simplicity, fresh air, spring water and land to plant trees and tend Mother Earth.
I suspect that most people who want to live here share the desires I held 21 years ago. The world has become almost unbearable and no longer seems to make any sense at all.

I wish all seeking sanctuary a home, where you can simply be a decent human being, with a sense of belonging and dignity.

Blessings xxx Colette and Patsy
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