Jill Fuller
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'One Great Irish Spot': Discovering the Sacred on Inishmurray Island

You won’t find it listed in most Irish travel books and I have yet to see a travel website that mentions it. But in my book, Inishmurray Island is the greatest place in Ireland, perhaps on Earth. Because I always strive to be a traveler rather than a tourist on my rambles, most of my travel plans through Ireland were gleaned from the Irish history books on my shelves and…See More
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Flying Into Dublin

Posted on November 18, 2015 at 9:30am 2 Comments

From the air, in the dark 5:00 morning, Dublin is nothing more than a sheet of lights floating on water, glowing like a Christmas tree. I press my face to the glass, feeling the cold seep onto my forehead. The first time I saw Dublin, the sun was rising over the Irish Sea. The water was glossy and sugary pink, a confection for…

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The Mythology of Thin Places

Posted on November 7, 2015 at 9:30am 8 Comments

In Irish mythology, a "thin place" was a divider between the physical, tangible world and the "otherworld" of dreams, the afterlife, and other unseen but very real dimensions hiding behind the veil of reality. Thin places could be actual places or they could be seasons of change. The night of Samhain (sow-in), the Celtic…

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'Wild For Ireland': Sharing a Passion for a Place

Posted on September 27, 2015 at 8:30pm 6 Comments

It's not easy to follow your passion. It's a terrifying thing to take that step, to put yourself out there, to make yourself vulnerable. But it's liberating too.

For my whole life, my first love has been Ireland- her history, her culture. I've traveled there and filled my bookshelves with books that take me back to a place I…

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'Listening' - A Poem to W.B. Yeats

Posted on August 24, 2014 at 1:00pm 6 Comments

I wrote this poem after months of studying Yeats' work and life for my undergrad thesis. One night, I found a BBC recording of him reading "The Lake Isle of Innisfree." I finally got to hear the voice I had been reading for so long and the moment took my breath away. This poem resulted from that experience.…

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At 10:10am on August 28, 2014, Patricia Louise Hughes said…

Hi Jill,

That's a lovely poem on W. B. Yeats. Did you know there's been a new discovery about his life? Check it out at www.HuesBooks.com.

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