Do you have any stories to share about the smells of Ireland? A Snowy Mounty Errigal. Bog Cotton. I've partnered with the good folks at Gifts of Ireland to bring you a little piece of Ireland.
Let's explore our Irish heritage together with hand picked Irish gifts. I love it! I thought you were going to describe wonderful meadows and flowers. I can just imagine walking through the countryside, experiencing the different and changing odors. Now I want to visit Ireland more than ever! Thank you for this wonderful blog. Hi Karen - There's plenty heather scented air on the hills of Ireland, and salt soaked ocean breezes on the coast, but I thought it was important to let tourists know the busy summer farming season brings a whole bracing array of smells to the Irish countryside.
These stinks are just part of what makes Ireland the island that we love. I hope you get to take a trip to Ireland some day. Thanks so much for checking out my ramblings. Thank you for another enjoyable Irish reality check:. Love it! Hi Deidre - I'm so glad you enjoyed this post.
I suppose I don't write a typical Irish blog. Sometimes I just feel the need to share the 'real' Ireland. Thanks for following my ramblings. I know I'm weird but I like the smell of silage.
There is nothing like the smell of a open turf fire and I love the smell of a calf! Hi Kathleen - Thanks for reminding me of how wonderful a calf smells. I miss the scents of farming when I'm in the city. I especially remember when I had to hand feed a calf with a bottle in the barn.
You can't beat the scent of calf slobber, mixed with milk and hay. Hi Maureen - It was in your neck of the woods in north Cork that I was first introduced to all the smells of the Irish countryside, and learned to distinguish the many aromas.
Glad you enjoyed this little banter about the scents of Ireland. The motorways have made it far easier to get from point A to point B, but the driver misses some of the rural experiences along the way. Overall, the motorways have been a God send in Ireland.
A favourite memory of mine is the smell of fresh soda bread baked over a turf fire in my auntie's farmhouse. I also loved the smell of the haystacks in the fields and listening to the crickets chirruping away inside them. Also the briny, salty smell of the sea on dulce which a lot of people in Donegal loved to chew on! Happy days! Hi Bernadette - Fresh baked soda bread from a bastible an iron cooking pot makes an Irish kitchen smell so wonderful.
Love all your olfactory memories of Donegal and Ireland. Thanks so much for sharing your stories. Of course, I don't ever recognize the evidence of a skunk on the road either; so it might just be my shortcoming. I enjoyed all of the country smells in Ireland and they reminded me of the part that is missing in my life today. Your mention of a stinky river in a city, however, is just wrong. A kind breeze never fixes that.
In my home town, our river was so abused by industry that it once caught on fire. Talk about being wrong. Of course, anyone who doesn't like the country aroma can just live it up in the towns and enjoy all the wonderful soup and bread smells. Hi Gene - I'm glad to hear Ireland's bracing aromas did not interfere with your enjoyment of your trip there. I miss the smells of the country, now that I live in the city. Now New York is a sensory experience all of its own, with fresh baked bagels and pizza for sale all over the city.
I don't think the Liffey in Dublin has ever caught fire. What a terrible thing to happen in your hometown. I hope that our environmental awareness will only continue to increase so that the days of smelly rivers will soon be a thing of the past. Contribute to this story: Send a Correction. Read next:. Embed this post. Your Email. Recipient's Email. Your Feedback.
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