Tuesday: Ballymore. Wednesday: Ballyhack

Tuesday Yesterday we were taken to a working farm, home of the Donovan family for 300 years, in Ballymore. In the rolling hills of north Wexford, it overlooks the patchwork valley to Slieveboy (Yellow Mountain). On the grounds there is a 150 year old church and graveyard, a holy well and the site of a Norman castle. It was the site of a rebel camp during the rebellion of 1798 during which there were members of the family on both sides of the conflict. Thank you, Wikipedia. I taught my first 3 hour workshop there Tuesday morning, and spent the rest of the afternoon capturing the light on a tractor. Wednesday Today we climbed onto our huge comfortable tourist bus again and were driven to Ballyhack, a plein-air painter's dream -- when the weather is accommodating. Ballyhack is a small fishing village located in the southwest of County Wexford, on the eastern shore of the Waterford Harbour. Many artists, huddled under umbrellas, gathered around the morning demonstrato as ...