Northern Ireland Week
Note: In another of those wonderful coincidences that strike from time to time, a publisher sent a lovely novel set in Northern Ireland at the same time that another publisher sent a darker mystery from the same place. I called on Kerry Dexter to share her unmatched understanding of Ireland and today she shares with us both a book and music to introduce Northern Ireland to the traveler. So I hereby declare Northern Ireland week at A Traveler’s Library. If you read below the video, you will learn why this is a particularly appropriate time to focus on Northern Ireland.
Destination: County Down, Northern Ireland
Book: Songman by Tommy Sands
Music: Arising From the Troubles by Tommy Sands
Article by Kerry Dexter
“Growing up, I heard songs all around me, songs of emigration, and traditional songs, things that were very meaningful to those who wrote them. There were things happening around me, and I wanted to write about what was going on around me.” says songwriter Tommy Sands. Continue reading Travel to Northern Ireland: Book and Songs →