Archive - Mary Swander’s Buggy Land

What the Sea Takes from You

“Together, the two drowned men left seven children in this school,” the elementary school principal told me.

Jun 13 •

May 2025

April 2025

Boats Leaving Rossadillisk

Echoes of the 1927 Cleggan Disaster

Apr 18 •

By this time in the evening, we thought the fire had to be out.

Apr 3 •

March 2025

St. Patrick's Day Special

Sean Fitzgerald on the uilleann pipes with Jenny Tie the Bonnet and The Pretty Girls of Mayo.

Mar 17 •

1:24

Countdown to St. Patrick's Day

Sean Fitzgerald on Irish pipes playing "Blackbird," a hornpipe.

Mar 12 •

2:25

February 2025

[COPY] Balloon Man

Things have been a bit up in the air here.

Feb 28 •

Things have been a bit up in the air here.

Feb 27 •

From Buggy land to Hovland

Liese Greensfelder, Bettie Swarts, Dan Pease, and more.

Feb 13 •

January 2025

It All Seemed Like a Movie

] I coasted my bike down the winding path past Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, the map of Omey Island flapping out of my jeans’ pocket.

Jan 30 •

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