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MY TOP TEN BOOKS
Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
by John O'Donohue

Best book on Celtic spirituality

The Secret
by Rhonda Byrne
Changed my life!

Dancing with Demons
by Peter Tremayne
A Mystery of Ancient Ireland Sister Fidelma of Cashel

The Kingdom by the Sea
by Paul Theroux
A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain

Here Be Dragons
by Sharon K Penman
Wales and England, King John and Llywellyn the Great

Lion of Ireland
by Morgan Llywelyn
The story of Brian Boru.  Everyone should read this before traveling to Ireland.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
A new look at food - a year of food life.

The Celtic Way of Prayer
by Esther de Waal
The Recovery of the Religious Imagination.  Prayer as a way of life.

Beautiful Swimmers
by William Warner
Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay.  Captures the landscape of my home.

The Traveller's Guide to Sacred Ireland
by Cary Meehan
The best travel guide! A Guide to the Sacred Places of Ireland, Her Legends, Folklore and People

 

Then Yahweh answered me and said, "Write the vision down, inscribe it on tablets to be easily read."  Habakkuk 2:2 - New Jerusalem Bible translation

10 Tips for Travel To Ireland

Mount Brandon - Dingle - ten trips for travelTen ways or tips for getting the most out of your Ireland vacation ...

1. RENT A CAR IF POSSIBLE: Many first-time American visitors will use a tour bus for the land portion of their trip because they are fearful of driving in a foreign country, on the wrong side of the road on the wrong side of the car. If you are a good driver, you will be able to handle driving in Ireland. If you're a little nervous, rent a car with an automatic transmission. It costs more, but shifting is one less thing to think about while driving.

The flexibility of having your own car is twice or three times the value of being dependent on a second party. Also, it's often cheaper to make your car rental reservations on line when you book your airfare. I use Orbitz and Travel Zoo. You can specify the size of the car, insurance choices and standard vs. automatic, and it will be ready for you when you arrive at the airport.

2. GET A GOOD ROAD MAP OR TWO: - I always use two different maps - .... read full post.

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  Haunted Eastern Shore
new book deal for Mindie Burgoyne

I've just signed a contract with History Press to write a book about haunted sites and tales in Maryland's nine Eastern Shore counties - Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset. 

The book will include about 40 total sites and will have about 40 pictures / illustrations.  The book is due to be released just before the 2009 Halloween season.

NOTE TO READERS: If you have any information on hauntings, ghosts, ghost stories or paranormal activity, (particularly in historic properties) on the Eastern Shore, please email me.  I'm interested in getting as much information as possible.

 

Thin Places Tour
West of Ireland September 12 - 22 2009

10 days - over 30 sites - $2499

Take a tour of thin places in the West of Ireland in September of 2009.  This 10 week tour will be guided by Mindie Burgoyne and includes over 30 "thin places" in 10 counties. 

Mindie Burgoyne will be escorting a group of 20 people on a "Thin Places Tour" of the West of Ireland next September. 

Over 30 Celtic mystical sites that span most of Ireland's western counties will be visited.  Sites include Clonmacnoise, Achill Island, The Burren, Connamara, Dingle Peninsula, Beara Peninsula, The Rock of Cashel, Knock Shrine, and several megalithic tombs, cemeteries and stone circles.

View a slide show of some of the sites.

.... full article and full list of sites.

 

The Rock of Cashel
Cashel of the Kings - a thin place

May 16, 2008

Every time I visit Ireland - no matter where I'm scheduled to be - I visit the Rock of Cashel. For me it is the quintessential thin place, always drawing me, calling me, awakening me.

The Pre-Christian and Celtic people of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England had a keen sense for thin places. The landscape in these countries is littered with man-made markings and ruins that remind the passer-by that this is holy ground. The rocks, trees and landscape seem to contain the memories of spiritual exercises here long ago and present.

Cashel is a thin place.

The very ground itself seems to call out, “Come here and be transformed.” In a quiet moment, the pilgrim today can sense a connection with the souls that have marked these spots with their spirits. Cashel is a vivid reminder that we are all joined inside and outside of time.

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EASTON
Then and Now
NOW ON SALE

Easton Then and Now by Mindie Burgoyne is about the Historic town of Easton, Maryland, located on the Eastern Shore and its transformation over the last 200 years.  Historic images of the town coupled with current images of the same sites show how Easton has evolved, changed and kept its historic integrity in tact.

 Easton - Then and Now

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Thin Places Mystical Tour of Ireland
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Song Yet Sung by James McBride - One Maryland One Book Selection
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Easton: Then and Now by Mindie Burgoyne
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