St Patrick’s Day and Iceland

Yesterday being St Pat’s Day, there were lots of great WordPress blogs celebrating the event, one I particularly enjoyed was about the connection between Ireland and Iceland. Vikings settled in Iceland bringing with them many Irish slaves, many of whom were women, so a lot of Icelandic people today have Irish ancestry! I found this post so interesting because last year I went with my Gaelic group to Iceland to explore the connection between the two beautiful countries.

http://icelandicroots.com/2013/03/17/irish-roots-in-iceland/

One of the places mentioned in this blog is Akranes, a little town we visited on a very dull and snowy day, but had a wonderful and memorable time there. Another place we visited really resonated with me:

Rocks at Reynisfjara beach - reminiscent of the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim — Rocks at Reynisfjara beach – reminiscent of the Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim

GIANTS CAUSEWAY 20 — The Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim

http://loiselden.com/2012/05/16/iceland-a-wonderful-country/

http://loiselden.com/2012/11/18/i-really-want-to-go-back-to-iceland/

http://loiselden.com/2012/05/13/how-i-fell-in-love-with-ireland/

3 Comments

jena on March 18, 2013 at 1:26 pm

I wonder what those artifacts are in the top photo? I’d assume they have something to do with the ocean probably but to me they look like ancient BBQ grills!

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