About @Ireland

The @Ireland Twitter account rotates each week with a new voice introduced every Monday morning. As the Ireland of today is not confined to the island of Ireland, the varied voices of @Ireland come from Ireland and across the world.

Started in March 2012 and inspired by the @Sweden project, @Ireland is based around the idea that a single voice cannot represent a country. By sharing people's experiences and lives with the world, project custodians WorldIrish believe @Ireland can help to further connect Ireland to the world and the world to Ireland through the different voices that curate the account each week.

People can apply to be the voice of @Ireland for a week or can nominate a person they believe could represent Ireland. To apply or nominate someone email: [email protected]. If you are applying to curate @Ireland yourself please include the following in your email: your own Twitter account handle (username), your phone number and times/days that are convienient to contact you, a one-paragraph biog telling us about yourself and a 140-character description of why you would make a good @Ireland curator!

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@Ireland Curator: Lane Ashfeldt

Lane Ashfeldt

17th Sep 2012 to 23rd Sep 2012

Lane Ashfeldt is an award winning writer of short fiction. She grew up in Dublin from the age of 8, studying at TCD and DCU, and has worked as an editor and arts administrator, working in London and Athens before a recent move to Wales. Lane teaches creative writing part time at a university.

Tweets:

18:54 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

Next week's @Ireland curator is Denise Rushe @ladydotty who will be taking over in the morning from Sligo. Slán agus beannacht!

18:52 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@paulmwatson thanks! slán

18:49 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

But once I'm back to my usual tweeting place - @Ashfeldt - expect it won't be long before I'm down to 2 or 3 tweets a week

18:48 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

OK, well this is me getting ready to sign out of the @Ireland account. Have had a fab time, seeing how the other half live and all that...

17:51 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@glynes Less cool if its stormy and you want to go for a pint, Glynes. But a week I could handle.

17:49 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@irishfoodguide soz - may make more sense here: wp.me/pFI0w-ax Possibly on a non-match day too!

16:47 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@janeruffino don't worry, not just you. sounds like we both made some progress, maybe they should have finals more often

16:08 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@scarie cheers Karie, hope you like... makes a change anyway

15:23 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

JUST THROWING OUT SOME INTERFERENCE to the match live tweets - more of the story @ Freshwater Habitat: wp.me/pFI0w-ax

15:20 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

'Just chuck a few things in a bag and grab a taxi to City. Can you make it by sixish, would you say?’

15:19 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

And so Conleth simply says, in the calm reassuring tone he uses at meetings with jittery clients, ‘The wedding’s tomorrow, but not to worry.

15:18 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

A tall thin body is one thing, but a tall thin face is something he works hard to mitigate, offsetting it with his mellifluous voice.

15:17 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

And all his girlfriends without exception are beautiful, though he rates himself as severely challenged in the looks department.

15:17 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

Besides, he never reproaches a girlfriend: it’s one of his key strategies for dealing with beautiful women.

15:16 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

Conleth holds back from saying: ‘Why do you even carry an iPhone?’ He’s given up expecting Aoi to be geeky on account of being Japanese.

15:16 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

‘Nope. I went shopping after work, I only just got in. The wedding’s next month, isn’t it?’ A pause. ‘Isn’t it?’

15:15 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

‘So, did you get my email?’ ‘What email?’ ‘About Seán’s wedding. I texted you as well.’

15:15 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

His own fluctuations today have been linked to another factor: to Aoi, who has been out of contact all day.

15:14 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

but Conleth never lets market emotion get to him.

15:14 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

It’s been a jittery Friday, the futures markets all over the place,

15:14 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

He calls her as soon as the London markets close.

15:08 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@paulaannryan Think you nailed it. But it's the lighthouse I want to live on ;)

15:06 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@paraicodonnell Sounds useful! Been blogging abt Books, whiskey and mountain-climbing wp.me/pcx35-Tg and am invited to a whisky party

14:09 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@njpatg Wld love to get out there some day, Pat. Maybe stay for a week. If dublinport.ie can shout me a stay, I'll be over!

14:01 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

Whenever I leave the #NorthWall by boat I try to photograph this crazy house. This phone pic is the best go yet #Dublin pic.twitter.com/xLQe4P8z

12:26 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@paraicodonnell Hi Paraic tried to RT this last night but did so from my @Ashfeldt account by mistake. Obv do not have 2 brains!

12:22 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@jammyauthor @gutterbookshop @chrisjhorn Thanks Kevin and good luck with Jammy Dodger !

10:43 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

Expect my daughter will be watching THE Match today shar.es/uFVgn I'll be working on writing projects ashfeldt.com

10:25 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

The ticks were to check off ingredients added each time the cake was made, they go on all over the facing page too @ashfeldt @LeFiffre

10:21 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@Lre As promised here is the pic of Great Aunt Rose's Christmas Cake - fave ingredient last: Whiskey Galore! @LeFiffre pic.twitter.com/QnCp9M5g

10:18 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@munlitcentre Enjoy tonight's Frank O'Connor award reading by Nathan Englander @ the Triskel @triskelcork corkshortstory.net/programme2012.…

09:42 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@LeFiffre really sorry can't post it to Twitter but you can find out how to get it @ my website ashfeldt.com

09:36 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@LeFiffre will try to add a pic of the photo I took of her christmas cake recipe tho, funny but may take awhile, need to delete some pix...

09:17 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@sweden @ronanbwithane @philipoconnor Thanks Ronan and Permilla - agreed. Hope you enjoy what's left of your weekends ;)

07:54 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

@jammyauthor Hi Kevin, had hoped to stop @GutterBookshop to buy Jammy Dodger yesterday, will have to buy online instead. @chrisjhorn

07:50 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

must type up my granny's recipe for brown cake - one of the rewards for Saltwater funders

07:45 23rd Sep 2012 - Link

Kinsale looked lovely on my last night in @ireland, sad to leave but lots to catch up on

23:00 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@ronanbwithane @philipoconnor @sweden soz all, was offline again. does it work? atm yes. also hard work for the curators - am frazzled ;)

22:58 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@TharangaRK I envy you still being in @ireland, was a bit sad to leave howth behind earlier. btw what a forest of masts in that photo!

22:43 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

Internet@Sea disappeared on me, so went back to working on SaltWater - getting closer... bit.ly/NJwv1l

14:09 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh Yes I thought Dublin was freezing compared to Cork, esp walking out past the Point for the ferry

14:04 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

on the #JonathanSwift ferry this time instead of the #Ulysses - faster and about ten times smaller

13:49 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@IrelandUncut must be almost as ragged as Yorkie George ;) Was thinking how did some insect get in my screen? @gfwych #majorlossofgeekcred

13:43 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@gfwych @_Shannob glad to hear it

13:40 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

Hey @IrelandUncut, not sure if I'm meant to talk to you (R U the competition?!) but thought you'd be amused your bug avatar had me worried;)

10:18 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

reached Dublin on time - be online again from the boat later - yes wifi on boat too how amazing is that

10:17 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@ERMurray @koth down to an hour this time -- am improving a little, just as it's time to quit the @ireland hotspot #phew

10:15 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@gfwych @_Shannob Not going to take that personally, esp as will no longer be @ireland as of tomorrow eve ;) - Lane

10:13 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

The dog I met yesterday on the strand by the Bulman. He was training me to throw sticks - I figured this out eventually pic.twitter.com/1dQySRBP

08:45 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@JohnGNolan Cheers John - have a great weekend yourself!

08:44 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@hispanista thanks for the tip, I've only taken a Chiltern train once, and did not realise!

08:43 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@AWanderingIrish Completely with you as a rule - but if you check my @Ashfeldt account you'll see why I can't switch off at the minute ;)

08:38 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@JohnGNolan dining car says gourmet but is closed for now. there's a trolley but we get to Dublin around eleven so coffee there will do fine

08:36 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@MaryECostello Thanks for the tip, Mary. Agree. But am going to shut it off in a minute all the same as I've a writing deadline to meet ;)

08:25 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

@AWanderingIrish cheers for that - I'm often on the 2-carriage @HeartofWales line where the views are so lovely wifi would be a crime ;)

08:16 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

This week's been a real baptism in fire on Twittter for me. Wonder if I'll go back to posting once a week when it's over?

08:10 22nd Sep 2012 - Link

On the train back to Wales today. Mallow to Dublin train has free wifi - unheard of in the other place if you're not travelling first class

22:18 21st Sep 2012 - Link

Just been showing my dad how to instal software on his new computer #culturenight

16:27 21st Sep 2012 - Link

We have lovely leeches here @TheRDS for #culturenight > Leeches? eeew!

16:24 21st Sep 2012 - Link

Have a wild #CultureNight people! Party party!

16:14 21st Sep 2012 - Link

@HireAndHardware @radiokerry Looks like the cover image for my book SALTWATER is of a beach between Dingle and Annascaul #KerryDay

16:05 21st Sep 2012 - Link

@HireAndHardware @radiokerry well done you! I was an a walk talking Paul and Paul around then. Enjoy the rest of Kerry Day anyway ;)

15:58 21st Sep 2012 - Link

The lucky farmer who sold his land for €1.5m 7 yrs ago and bought it back for €60000 via @independent_ie shar.es/uOmk3 via @sharethis

15:50 21st Sep 2012 - Link

@HireAndHardware @radiokerry Sorry, completely missed Kerry Day, they seem to be keeping that quiet in Cork

15:23 21st Sep 2012 - Link

@yarrumk Keith, hope the weather stays fine for you, it's fine enough to sit outside this afternoon pic.twitter.com/KbsfRNJR

15:14 21st Sep 2012 - Link

Going over my stories at the Bulman. Mum has a few edit suggestions and Dad has one, all useful stuff #Saltwater pic.twitter.com/w29tRt0Z

12:33 21st Sep 2012 - Link

Time for the #ScillyWalk. A waterfront bar with wifi at the far side, so good incentive to get to the end thebulman.ie

09:39 21st Sep 2012 - Link

@koth ;) feel like I have the slowest reaction times in the history of Twitter sometimes - just spotted this...

09:38 21st Sep 2012 - Link

...and maybe copy bits that need changing in the #Saltwater story based on grandad. Want things as right as they can be.

09:35 21st Sep 2012 - Link

...then there's the question of the ships log book belonging to grandad that was found recently. It's huge so the thing to do is study it...

09:34 21st Sep 2012 - Link

Beginning to pack up, inevitably have more stuff than will fit. New walking boots courtesy of dad, several books bought at the festival...

08:08 21st Sep 2012 - Link

Cheers @koth. Nice to see a familiar balaclava @TheHolyNumbers @worldirish @ERMurray @writing_ie @IrishComicNews

08:02 21st Sep 2012 - Link

thanks for #FF, Conor @ConzieSays @carlkwan @earlymodernjohn @shaunabrowne @qiranger @blathnaidhealy @suzyinseoul @elizadele @wetcasements

07:49 21st Sep 2012 - Link

Gorgeous morning in #Kinsale, today I want to stay close to my folks place, go no further than the Scilly Walk or Ballinspittle

22:45 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@metaphysikhall fair enough. bout time for me to copy....

22:35 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@oisincotter @MunLitCentre Yip , or at least I was, @ the Triskel, a readING by Nuala Ni Chonchuir and DW Wilson... Good stuff.

16:17 20th Sep 2012 - Link

Just leaving Cork library...@ireland followers, what's happeniing in your part of the Twittersphere right now?

16:03 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@gutterbookshop nerves in advance are a good sign, only nerves on live radio or TV are a problem #CultureNight

15:55 20th Sep 2012 - Link

But to give you the gist, here are a few examples of flash fiction published by the Irish Times... irishtimes.com/newspaper/week… via @IrishTimes

15:50 20th Sep 2012 - Link

OK, there is no way I can successfully live-tweet flash fiction. People here laughing at the most unlikely things

14:57 20th Sep 2012 - Link

ooops was on a coffee break - best get back now for flash fiction expert @taniahershman #itsallgohereincork

14:55 20th Sep 2012 - Link

More via DWW: you have to simultaneously believe what you're working on is the greatest work ever and absolute bollocks bit.ly/Utd4ew

14:48 20th Sep 2012 - Link

Almost guessed the wireless password @ElectricCork, but not quite. Don't think I could do the digital-free die, the odd day maybe...

14:23 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@bobsleighbob Compared to ZsuZsi Gartner's "non-digital" rule, DW Wilson's rules R easy. Prob harder to ditch digital than it is to be vegan

14:17 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@bobsleighbob ;) DW Wilson used some ING words when talkING but he's not saying everyone should use his rules, it's just for himself. #Phew

14:12 20th Sep 2012 - Link

Zsuszi Gartner: "I'm not a technophobe, I'm just seeing if this can be done. Turns out it can, but it's time consuming." #eschewingdigital

14:09 20th Sep 2012 - Link

Zsuszi Gartner: I've gone analogue, I've eschewed everything digital, am using a typewriter now, listening to vinyl, not even using ATMs

14:07 20th Sep 2012 - Link

Johanna Skibsrud (The Sentimentalists): what I love about the short story is that it borrows form the strenghs of both poetry and the novel

13:59 20th Sep 2012 - Link

To add context, DW WIlson, has a notebook of words he does not allow himself to use in his writing #taboowords

13:56 20th Sep 2012 - Link

DW Wilson who does not use ING words 'that' 'back' or 'of': when I hear a word with ING in it I get angry

13:33 20th Sep 2012 - Link

Packed audience at City Library for the Canadian Short story event starting any moment, will try to live-tweet a few snippets

12:35 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@psneeze ;) there are worse vowel substitutions that could be made, I suppose

12:26 20th Sep 2012 - Link

Both parents disapprove of "that tweeting or twittering or whatever you call it". Mum more so, but she wouldn't mind a touch screen phone...

12:11 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@Hollytorious thanks Holly that should give me some of the energy I need to keep up the Tweetathon

12:08 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@paulmwatson But she's a great reader. You can like books without liking readings I think

12:07 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@paulmwatson She's from Skibbereen. I gave her one of the books to read and she liked it. Expect she'll come in the end

12:04 20th Sep 2012 - Link

So I ask my mum if she wants a ticket to a short story reading later, and she says, "Does it go on long?"

11:26 20th Sep 2012 - Link

Planning to find time for a stop @ElectricCork later ElectricCork.com - with a name like that they have to have wifi, right?

11:15 20th Sep 2012 - Link

@followfriday_us omg, no pressure, right > promises to self to get up earlier tomorrow... #comebackHollyallisforgiven

10:58 20th Sep 2012 - Link

First lie-in of the trip - if I'd still been in a BnB, breakfast would be long finished by the time I got up.

23:35 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Will resist temptation to do late-night RTs that might be regretted come the morning... G'night

23:33 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Just got in, interesting evening, always interesting to hear how other writers work - and a hot whiskey once we got home... #perfect

18:23 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@fionamcnulty ah and re what? Flash fiction is very very short stories about the length of a poem, it says here humour tragedy & weirdness

18:20 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@fionamcnulty you can find out if you're allowed to arrive after 11pm on Friday from @MunLitCentre - but will try to ask tonight also

18:13 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Time to get on the road for the Triskel Arts Centre - don't want to give my Dad an excuse for speeding #stillaboyraceratheart

17:26 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@Korhomme @bmagnanti Thx, I get that reference ;) But Southern Star is the *other* Skibb paper - will grace their pages one day, with luck

17:22 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@Marcc68 my mum says the food @ jim edwards is very good, but we ate at home tonight - nice to eat in sometimes too!

16:10 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@NoMansWoman Hi Sinead cant answer that but good luck with the gig, hope it goes well - Lane

16:05 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@mark_tighe more on Ryanair mayday flights: independent.ie/national-news/…

16:02 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@publinie DWas thinking Friday night in Dublin sounded good, now it's sounding even better. Haven't seen the Jamesons brewery yet

15:54 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@Korhomme @bmagnanti I've touched on this in one of the pieces in #SALTWATER, about which more @westcorktimes westcorktimes.com/home/?p=12012

15:45 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@aishlingfarrell Thought maybe you worked on Ryanair or something... So any plans for culturenight.ie (Friday)?

15:43 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@aishlingfarrell Hi Aisling :) Sorry, not v discreet of me.

15:41 19th Sep 2012 - Link

The giftshop sign beneath under the diesel price at the garage at BéalnaBláth pic.twitter.com/5wN2nbhW

15:35 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Irish history could have been very different if things had gone differently that day (22 August 1922) pic.twitter.com/oXqduC7J

15:32 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Between the two K-towns we stopped at the roadside site of Michael Collins' assassination pic.twitter.com/gwJQPV6d

15:20 19th Sep 2012 - Link

So yeah, quick pitstop in Kinsale before heading into Cork city - it's hard work being a tourist ;)

15:15 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@constantwaif nice one Grace - though wld advise the uninitiated that they'll find a fair few cars on Muckross Rd where most B&Bs are

15:12 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Gap in service there while getting from Killarney to Kinsale, only to find my dad does not know his wireless password #allsystemsgo

10:08 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@TrendsIreland is this because @jamieoliver asked for help finding a graffiti artist? #justcurious

09:39 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Leaving Killarney shortly - it's rush hour for the carts, jaunting cars going full speed along the Muckross Rd pic.twitter.com/oJEYmBj4

09:12 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@bmagnanti @Korhomme She was my grandad's sister. I saw her daily when I was little - v sad for her son who missed out on a lovely mother

09:07 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@misterebby thanks, if you send me a tweet with event time and address will RT that for you

09:06 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@Alan_199 glad you enjoyed it Alan, thanks for your pics. am hopeful there may be a comp with a prize one of these days...

09:03 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@Korhomme @bmagnanti This was kept hushed up for decades. Our family have never met her son, and only heard this long after Auntie Rose died

09:00 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@Korhomme @bmagnanti Last night was talking with my folks about my auntie rose's child who was adopted but later sent to Baltimore School

08:55 19th Sep 2012 - Link

"We got one egg a year" - survivors' submission provides evidence of State i (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/599413

08:06 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Also Nathan Englander, winner of the Frank O'Connor Award 2012 irishtimes.com/newspaper/feat… via @IrishTimes

08:02 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Interview with writer Claire Kilroy in the Irish Times irishtimes.com/newspaper/feat…

07:56 19th Sep 2012 - Link

*beaches - will have a word with WorldIrish about a twitter photo comp - if doing should it be mobile phone pics only. or not?

07:53 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Also thanks to everyone yesterday who sent in pics of their holidays in ireland - lots of windswept beached...

07:49 19th Sep 2012 - Link

@fionamcnulty sounds fab - www.CorkShortStory have a free flash fiction from 11pm to late @ Triskel, so dinner + #culturenight sorted

07:45 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Two free events worth catching Thur: Short Story in Canada, 2.30, & UK flash fiction writer Tania Hershman, 4pm, both @ Cork City Library

07:43 19th Sep 2012 - Link

I'm looking forward to the Dunthorne / McCormack event tonight and the Ni Chonchuir / Wilson reading tomorrow - both at Triskel Christchurch

07:42 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Reading 7.15 tonight from John Deane and Christine Dwyer Hickey costs €6 or €8 - tickets [email protected], +21 431 2955

07:39 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Also some info on Cork International Short Story festival 19-23 Sept - afternoon events are free, no booking needed corkshortstory.net

07:35 19th Sep 2012 - Link

If you're in Ireland this Fri check out local info on culturenight.ie - & feel free to tweet back events you're planning to attend

07:33 19th Sep 2012 - Link

do want to put up a bit more info on culturenight.ie - all-Ireland event this Friday, admission free

07:29 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Up early today to get a head start on tweeting - connections in Kerry are not always the best and will be on the road a fair bit

07:26 19th Sep 2012 - Link

Lovely way to wake up - over breakfast I saw a mention of #SALTWATER has gone up at the West Cork Times westcorktimes.com/home/?p=12012

21:12 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@taniahershman @ashfeldt - big thanks for supporting #SaltWater, Tania

20:41 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@aishlingfarrell also what's with the 90% chance of sunburn thing? #needtoknow

20:40 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@aishlingfarrell Hi Aisling - I'd swear my train from Dublin went past this exact field on the way down here...

17:16 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@dickie1973 oh yeah here's the link to story extract about my grandad Ritchie ashfeldt.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/sal… @ashfeldt

17:08 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@dickie1973 Love boat-trips Ritchie, Grandad was a captain so we weren't allowed be seasick. I've written about him in #SALTWATER, out soon

17:03 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@ann_donnelly @FavourExchange1 didn't know there was s film of Cloud Atlas on the way Ann. Have you had a secret preview in Clon?

15:23 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@Maria_Aylward @bigrig480 fantastic. Leath is half, right? So half an island...

15:21 18th Sep 2012 - Link

may be offline depending on vagaries of B&B connection, but do send me more of your Ireland holiday photos. Will RT tomorrow if not b4 - thx

15:19 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@buntesschaf only knew abt the Dublin Blackrock, this is lovely

15:12 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@shanda1701 @fin22bar by the way not on commission here, have done a lot of travelling over the years, but still love time in Ireland

15:10 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@shanda1701 @fin22bar Maybe try Cape Clear Island or Sherkin Island if you want something really different... rent a stone cottage?

15:06 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Superb pictures of recent Irish holidays coming in from @ireland followers - not sure will dare tweet any more of my own now!

15:04 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@bigrig480 I love Lahinch beach, just love the name somehow as well, I wonder where it comes from?... #Lahinch

14:59 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@MadIrishLass Thanks Niamh - again lovely composition here - how come none of you get your thumb in the way like I do!?

14:56 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@constantwaif @Laura__Hernando Grace this is only beautiful - love those stones. But how come there was no one on the beach in August?

14:54 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@MattsoH great composition there Matt - did you go in for a swim

14:53 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@ronanbwithane ahh indeed... Looks lot hotter and drier there than it does in county Kerry

14:51 18th Sep 2012 - Link

best internet connection I've managed all week, at this old-school looking pub in Killarney town The Laune Bar & BnB

14:44 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@jerosullivanRK Hi there - have just popped into RK office and offered to drop by tonight or tomorrow am to talk about @Ireland

14:41 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@dickie1973 I just want to RT all of these -amazing stuff - have never seen the cliffs of Moher

14:39 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@Alan_199 the reflection of the lake is great - I think we're going to have to find a prize if this standard keeps up

14:38 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@fin22bar Barry I like thiis one lovely view and the length of the shadow is amazing

13:28 18th Sep 2012 - Link

hey @ireland followers - who's got some great pics of their last irish holiday that they'd like to share - will RT best ones #irepics

13:02 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@aidanmadden Dunsink Observatory sounds great - half tempted to leave Cork early and come to Dublin for my last night

12:10 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@aidanmadden OK got it now culturenight.ie I will prob be at Cork Short Story Festival - unsure if connected

12:08 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@aidanmadden thanks so much Aidan was just looking forbest link for that - seems to be mostly on Facebook... What're you going to yourself?

12:07 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@timmygadget yep, grew up in Dublin, folks are from Skibbereen and Cahirciveen. Will pass through Cork City and (v briefly) Dublin this week

11:44 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@ireland @ashfeldt the setting for this story is the Hill of Tara & former 'big house' bellinterhouse.com - fab place to visit if in Tara

11:37 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@ireland @ashfeldt really chuffed at the comment that has just come in about my story Freshwater Habitat ashfeldt.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/sho…

11:33 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@aishlingfarrell sounds like perfect venue for a late lunch today, so thx for tip. just back to B&B to recharge battery and get email

11:10 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh good for you Una - do you not miss Kerry up in Dublin? soz for non-Twitter time reply - bouncing between networks here ;)

10:10 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh Ahh you're almost on my home turf :) > where are you from Una, and where are you now?

10:09 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@aishlingfarrell am feeling quite at home at Lir tho, all the jaunting car drivers come here on their (frequent) rain breaks

10:07 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@aishlingfarrell Thanks for suggesting Jam coffee shop. Good name. Only one more day in Killarney but will try, what street is it on please?

10:03 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Quick pic from yesterday's base camp, Carrauntouhill - my dad researched the easiest climb, I went along to test-drive pic.twitter.com/88oUykuI

10:00 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Bout to lose battery here - still at Lir Cafe, Killarney which is a favourite with the jaunting car drivers

09:59 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Some were burnt down, the church got some, some languished quietly. Have written about this in story Freshwater Habitat ashfeldt.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/sho…

09:57 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Muckross has a bit of an English Heritage vibe - not surprising in circs - one of the grand old houses left behind... pic.twitter.com/teDrUpZF

09:53 18th Sep 2012 - Link

it is only 151 years since Queen Victoria visited Muckross House and (reportedly) nearly bankrupted the owner pic.twitter.com/NTxIxwKW

09:50 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@TheSonicScrew @darraghdoyle Soz JK technically Scottish, no? - exception was made for David Mitchell on grounds of (probs) Irish residency

09:09 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@darraghdoyle "really good novel recently that's not out till October" Sounds interesting -- OK to give mention title if not embargoed?

09:07 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@Nerin_ But wasn't it legal at the point ed published? Not that I find the pics of interest, never attempted to buy, more interested in law

09:04 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@darraghdoyle what is the best Irish novel you've read lately? and will you be in cork for the Short Story Festival? corkshortstory.net

09:00 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@missminiboss @Nerin @joryanspakles @aireefairy - range of opinions then....

08:29 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Wondering what @ireland followers think about the suspension of Irish Daily Star editor over publication of #those Royal pics? #privacyrow

08:26 18th Sep 2012 - Link

However new B&B (though much nicer) still short of the coffee I need to get to twitter speed, so will have to adjourn to Lir shortly

08:21 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Am tempted to buy Jammy Dodgers every time I spot them in the supermarket in case it's the last time #obvnotarealfoody

08:20 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Book recommendations still coming in, have just RTed latest from @chrisjhorn - what a great title #jammydodger - have to try that one

08:19 18th Sep 2012 - Link

Hi again, apols for interruption to service Mon pm due to fine weather in Kerry in afternoon, gorgeous today also but will be connected x

08:17 18th Sep 2012 - Link

@MadIrishLass @Ashfeldt @anyapalmer it's fun - send me a recommended book by Irish author? still seeking more

18:18 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Last Google heard of David Mitchell he was being mobbed in Shanghai a few weeks back blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/…

18:16 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann, and maybe David Mitchell A Thousand Autumns... if DM still living in Ireland that is....

18:09 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Ulysses, At Swim-Two-Birds, The Irish by Seán Ó Faoláin, anything at all by Joseph O'connor, Wherever green is worn - Tim Pat Coogan

18:08 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Books by Irish authors you guys have read: Who dares runs - Gerry Duffy, Crossfires - Eanna Brophy, Mother America - Nuala Ni Chonchuir,

17:57 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@stunt_penguin soz for late RT, no wireless cafes on #Carrauntuohill - but no flood either so all good @NeatFreak_

17:47 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@Enaregina Lane Ashfeldt, writer. I introed myself this morning. Am tweeting from Killarney but have been out hillwalking this afternoon

17:45 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Hello @ireland people just back from the hills - think tomorrow might be and R&R day - rest and reading

12:17 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@NeatFreak_ dont worry - break in clouds so going out at last talk to yes yez later - will send a pic form hills if have a connection

11:24 17th Sep 2012 - Link

oh b4 I go here's one I am reading myself: #MotherAmerica by Nuala Ni Chonchuir - pic from Ulysses boat the other day pic.twitter.com/7YVTcJia

11:21 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Full list of books recommended bit later - keep em coming, meanwhile checking in to new B&B - hope better luck this time around #offline

11:01 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@misscourtneys thanks Sandra - if it's fine tomorrow I will have to give Carrauntuohill a go - though shorter &flatter walks more my style

10:58 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@constantwaif at Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien and The Irish by Seán Ó Faoláin >Grace sounds like you cant go wrong there. #oldfaves

10:57 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@CamillusRoadhog where ever green is worn by Tim Pat Coogan > will have to look that up, whats it like?

10:56 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@NeatFreak_ weather turned in Killarney so a repreive on the hillwalking for now #phew

10:54 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@hazelot good luck with finishing #Ulysses - book equivalent of marathon - full review by end of week pls ;) #justjoking

10:52 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@TheKavOfficial is David Mitchell still in CLonakilty. My cousin lived next door two years ago. lets mention "The Thousand Autumns.." anyway

09:09 17th Sep 2012 - Link

What books by Irish authors are @Ireland followers currently reading or re-reading? #letsgetliterary

09:08 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@misscourtney I see your cafe book club is reading Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. #excellentstuff

09:05 17th Sep 2012 - Link

and a pic of the jaunting car #bitblurry -- what my mum wants to do today instead of hillwalking pic.twitter.com/T5Aud465

09:02 17th Sep 2012 - Link

the other punters at Lir, in Killarney next to Killarney Towers Hotel pic.twitter.com/lIxA1nND

08:54 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Pic of coffee upgrade at Lir - essential tourist problem re first coffee of the day solved. Thx 4 all Killlarney tips pic.twitter.com/3WyoPOgj

08:48 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@paddycullivan @misscourtneys @BumblesofRice will def try to get there later - right now am at Lir - also lovely

08:40 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Now feeling much happier at the lovely Lir cafe - will try to send some pics in a mo for the foodies out there #jauntingcaroutside

08:36 17th Sep 2012 - Link

have left this behind..... pic.twitter.com/EgnWh3A8

08:04 17th Sep 2012 - Link

About to check out - first fine morning since I got here and Dad is very keen to climb a mountain. asked him to meet me @misscourtneys

08:03 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@emersonhex thanks emmett for tip to try the West End Killarney for dinner

07:55 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@misscourtneys @paddycullivan thank - be there later, 2 more nights in Killarney, going to switch B&B so may be offline for a short while

07:52 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@emersonhex thanks for tip - where in Killarney is the west end?

07:44 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@BumblesofRice Will be on way shortly to @misscourtneys if there is wireless, coffee here is out of a glass jar

07:41 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@lukemcmanus Not sure there's been a beardy curator yet - sure they would love to catch up with you, ;)

07:37 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@lukemcmanus Luke - I thought so too when I looked t the no of followers this morning I was TERRIFIED. but you should contact worldirish

07:31 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Ant tips from the at Ireland foodies on a place in Killarney town with excellent coffee and wireless #urgent

07:28 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@wholesomeIE Hi Catriona, thanks for your good wishes

07:26 17th Sep 2012 - Link

I am in Killarney and about to try the coffee at the B&B iwhich has arrived in what looks like a tea pot @larrybeep

07:24 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@Hollytorious thanks Holly - you did a great job will follow you so you can DM me tips xx

07:14 17th Sep 2012 - Link

*top subject

07:13 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Got a request for twit pics of Irish food - not my to subject - am a fiction writer - but just going down to breakfast at Killarney b&b...

07:10 17th Sep 2012 - Link

@larrybeep Hi Ciaran where are you tuning in from?

07:04 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Big thanks to @Hollytorious for a wild week in London full of art, bats, and parties

07:01 17th Sep 2012 - Link

Hello @Ireland followers from Lane – ditching usual Twitter handle @ashfeldt to be with you this week