by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 13, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, workshops
This blog post was originally written Mar 29, 2019 Last weekend saw the 3rd ever West Cork Stone Symposium. Growing from strength to strength, this symposium is directed by local resident and DSWAI member Victor Daly, a stone carver in the area. The festival is...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 13, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework
This blog post was originally written May 18, 2020 Last Saturday was National Drawing Day, which was a great excuse to dust off my watercolour set and dig out my pencil case. The Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland ran a ‘Draw a Wall’ campaign as part of...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 12, 2026 | Gardening, Plants
This blog post was originally written Mar 5, 2019 While Attending the DSWAI members weekend in Westmeath, we stayed at the nearby Mount Dalton house. In the gardens of the house was this wonderful and unique raised beech tree avenue walkway, on a dry stone ditch....
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 10, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, Travel, workshops
This blog post was originally written Dec 1, 2015 was a busy month for stone festivals. First we returned to ‘The Gathering of Stones‘ site to put the final arch in place and to make plans for the final push to completion of our dry stone monument. Then with little...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 10, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, workshops
This blog post was originally written Jul 4, 2015 Well the stone festival season is well and truly upon us. This year I started my festival season with a trip to Austria’s largest wine-producing town, Langenlois. The wine however was just a indulgence and not my...
