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 9, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, Travel, workshops
This blog post was originally written May 25, 2014 So after a number of years of procrastination and dreaming about going to StoneFest, this year I finally made it over to Seattle to attend the event. Procrastination was of course not the only factor in making the...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 8, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, workshops
This blog post was originally written Oct 6, 2012 On the fourth weekend of September I once again headed off to Inis Oirr (Inisheer) on the Aran Islands for this year’s Feile na gCloch (Festival of Stone). The festival is organised and run by the...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 5, 2026 | Heritage Sites, Stonework
This blog post was originally written Sep 29, 2011 Last weekend I attended my first dry stone walling workshop on Inis Oírr Island. And I am already looking forward to going back next year. For those of you who don’t know where Inis Oírr (Inisheer) is, it is the...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 5, 2026 | Stonework
This blog post was originally written Aug 23, 2011 Just a very quick post to promote some very interesting things happening this week. This week is Heritage Week 2011 from 20th to the 28th of August. Coordinated by The Heritage Council, Heritage Week is part of...
