by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 1, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I have been coming out here every morning for five years. It started when I was quite ill. I came up from the country to see the doctors in Dublin. I never married or had kids, so I had nobody with me. The doctors wanted to amputate my leg, but I was against it. What...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 30, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“We are the ‘Golden Oldies’ and help clean up our village of Bunratty every Saturday morning. Volunteering helps me stay young, active, and happy. We all have our issues, but there’s no negativity out here. We are happy to help our neighborhood, and we get free...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 29, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“When the weather is nice, Carrigaholt Bay is a lovely place. We had a beautiful, warm June, but it rained all of July. You are lucky, love, to be here in the sunshine. No one comes here in the wintertime. We get a lot of wind and rain, but in the last few years, we...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 28, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I’m a farmer, but I am also the last traditional matchmaker in Ireland. I inherited matchmaking from my father and grandfather and have helped people find love for more than 50 years. The lucky love matchmaking book was started by my family about 170 years ago when...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 27, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I lived in Mariupol, Ukraine until the war started. I was almost 17 and leaving Ukraine for Ireland was hard. I am here without my family. It wasn’t easy because my language wasn’t perfect and there was a lot I didn’t understand. With time, it is getting...
