Clogh na Screeve, written
in stone, written on the wind
emigrant’s journey
aside: Clogh na Screeve, which means writing stone in Irish, is a small stone which stands above Church Bay on Rathlin Island, which lies off the coast of County Antrim. On it are carved words which mark a time during the Great Hunger when more than half the island’s population sailed away.
Cathie Ryan has written an excellent song called Rathlin Island (1847), which was inspired by the stone. It is on her album Somewhere Along the Road.
the prompt is
Your challenge for Thursday May 31, 2012 is to create a post to describe a monument found along a journey. For this challenge to be met there are two requirements; 1) It has a description of what the monument looks like and 2) what your monument symbolizes.
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Comments: 6
I am happy to have introduced you to Cathie Ryan -- she's a wonderful singer and writer. I hope you'll continue to explore her music. Another recording I'd recommend especially -- though they are all excellent --is The Farthest Wave.