April 21, 2003
Easter risings
What were the chances of the finest weather this year coinciding with a four day weekend? Last week has been an absolute scorcher, and even though the weather today and tomorrow will probably be cooler (and maybe wetter), we've been very lucky.
It is Easter so there are religious services on every day. On Good Friday, the pubs were closed, which meant that people were forced to go out and enjoy the weather rather than sit in (or outside) a pub which would be the normal routine on a warm holiday weekend.
I visited a slightly older religious site on Good Friday - the Glebe stone circles in Mayo. They were probably built a couple of thousand years before the events celebrated at Easter. Most stone circles in Ireland are assumed to mark significant solar events, such as the equinoxes. Presumably, they were built during the last period of prolonged sunshine…
Meanwhile, kudos to the group of 50 Yorkshire students, who lugged a wooden cross up to Croagh Patrick for Easter.
Posted by Monasette at April 21, 2003 12:31 AM