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Lindsey Colbourne (Heledd Wen)

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Arlunydd Artist
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Lindsey Colbourne (Heledd Wen)

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Being in Beara

July 15, 2017 lindsey colbourne

I'm just back from the Beara Peninsula in South West Ireland.

Beara is one of my favourite places in the world. We have visited here with a friend, Arran Henderson, from Dublin for almost 20 years. This time I was struck on this visit by just how many parallels there are with my home-land of Eryri (Snowdonia) - and also of NW Scotland - from the geology to economics to history and culture. There is also the remarkable history of the bungalow here, which, as I understand it, started as a simple ploy by an architecture firm to simplify the ordering of a bungalow, by making a set number of designs (bunglalow no 1, no 2 etc). And ended up in so many being built to (understandably) replace old houses symbolising the trauma of a colonial past, that the architects were horrified (I even heard driven to emigrate/suicide/give up practice).

Here is a photo-essay which (I hope!) captures some of our experience of the spirit of the place...

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