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Our Homes in Donegal
Alex McDonnell reports as he and John Glynn once more bring a group of returning men from the northern counties face to face with their past. |
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The Wind at our Backs
"We were in a bit of a pickle. John had come down with a strange and painful virus which had turned him into a human radiator"... |
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The Wild, Wild West
We were in Mulranny again for our pre-Christmas trip and it was great to be back, but we were lucky to make it at all... |
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Dry in the Sun
Alex McDonnell and John Glynn fulfilled an ambition of Aisling this year and took a group of long-time drinkers recovering from years of alcohol use back to Wexford for a week-long, totally alcohol-free, holiday.
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Tipperary far Away
Aisling began with a conversation between friends working with long-term Irish emigrants... |
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Rising in the East
Alex McDonnell reports on the March 2007 Aisling trip to Aughrim in Co. Wicklow. |
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Heading Back to the Shore
Once more Aisling returns to the shores of Clew Bay to visit old friends in Mulranny. |
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Doolin Days
A recent Aisling trip to Ireland visited that hotspot for traditional
Irish music, Doolin, in County Clare. Alex McDonnell gives the run-down
on the trials, tribulations, and sucesses of the trip. |
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Contacting the Living
More family reunions, more tears split, and hearts warmed, as Alex
McDonnell relates the tale of the latest Aisling trip to Donegal. |
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Whiskey, You're the Devil. Wicklow,
2006
Trouble with whiskey while travelling, but the delights of re-uniting
family members, and helping the disadvantaged rebuild their lives,
makes up for it... |
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December 2005: Achill Sound,
Mayo
Love's labours lost, when West meets East, in tales of passion, estrangement,
and painful retribution... |
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September 2005: Sligo Champions
The home-comings are not always easy, neither for returnees or estranged
family members... |
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May 2005 : Redemption in
Donegal
More stories of family reunions and changed behaviours, inspired by
rest and recreation in Ireland... |
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Spring 2005: Family Value
Alex McDonnell writes about Aisling's trip to Co. Wicklow with a moving
account of family reunions... |
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Dec 2004: Close Encounters
The Aisling returnees experience a warm welcome and strange goings-on,
during their return to Mulranny, Co. Mayo... |
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Summer 2004: Knots and Loose
Ends in Waterford
Family sagas continued and maybe resolved; rest and resuscitation
for a mixed group of migrants on the summer Aisling trip... |
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May 2004: Aisling In Donegal
For the last two years Aisling has been staying for a free week every
May in two holiday cottages in Donegal donated by supporters... |
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March 2004: St Patrick's
Day In Ireland
The Aisling Project return to Ireland for St. Patrick's Day, and attempt
to repair long lost family connections... |
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2003: West Cork
Connections
Adventures in West Cork and Killarney with the Aisling Project in
September 2003 ... |
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2003: Return To Clew Bay
The Aisling party renew old acquaintance in Co. Mayo, discuss plans
with Jerry Cowley of the Safe Home Project... |
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2002: Traveling the Wicklow
Way
Relaxation, recovery and rehabilitation in Co. Wicklow. |
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2002: Broken Hearts
and Broken Bones
The "toughest family on earth" reunited during summertime
in Co. Kerry. |
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2001: A Wexford Epiphany
Brothers, sisters, reunited, wounds healed, as long term migrants
return to Co. Wexford and environs.
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1999: Swimming With Dolphins
A moving account of the Aisling trip to Louisburg, Co. Mayo, and the
regenerative effect of Clew Bay and its wildlife. |
