Irish Country Home Beauty
I see homes like this on a regular basis on the country roads I travel over here…… Here it is… read more
Irish Billy’s Lake & 1968 Electricity
In this short one minute video taken 3 miles from the town of Castlebar, Ireland, I met the cattle rancher named Billy who owned the beautiful lands you see here. Located not far from the windmills that now supply power to hundreds of thousands of homes here on the Emerald Isle, he tells me electricity did not make it to his beautiful home you will see off in the distance, until 1968 (below is a better picture of his home, I took it a few months later).
Irish Billy’s Lake & 1968 Electricity
In this short one minute video taken 3 miles from the town of Castlebar, Ireland, I met the cattle rancher… read more
The Irish Windmill (and Bog) Scene & WWII Vet Creates Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine
The above two min slide show is of a recumbent bike ride I did to the windmills that line the… read more
The Irish Windmill (and Bog) Scene & WWII Vet Creates Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine
The above two min slide show is of a recumbent bike ride I did to the windmills that line the… read more
Annealing My Eagle Hairpin Spokes
Jim Spillane thought it was crucial that I heat treat my hairpin spokes since they would be skipping less spokes… read more
What’s Made in Ireland? Very Little :( But…..
As more and more production in America shifts to Pacific Rim countries, Ireland has never made many of the goods… read more
Modifying Eagle Wheel for Irish Roads
Here is my Eagle. It is upside down on the second floor of Brian Cawley’s cutting edge Castlebar Cycle Store… read more
Irish 21st Century Windmills – Electricity for the Island
Pretty much anywhere I go in Ireland, off in the distance I see wind turbines. Yesterday, I found a road… read more
Roads Like This Really Exist! Everywhere in Ireland….
In America, we always see bicycling romanticized with tree shaded roads and green exploding all along the periphery everywhere to… read more