Scenes from VANISHED..........
Since my book VANISHED came out a week or so ago, I've been talking a lot about the setting for the book.
The last time my husband and I went to Ireland, we stayed in County Mayo, in what's known as a Self-Catering cottage. It's on the Staunton sheep farm on the shores of Lough Mask. I used that setting in VANISHED and made my hero, Rogan Butler, an Immortal Guardian who once fought for the last High King of Ireland, Brian Boru.
In the picture at the top of this blog, you can see the view from the cottage and the B&B the Staunton family runs. One of my favorite memories is sitting outside, with a hot cup of tea, watching the wind on the lake. Unfortunately, when we were there, the hoof and mouth disease was running rampant through the countryside, so we weren't able to walk the hills as we would have normally. So we spent a lot of time, wandering the roads a
nd simply enjoying the beauty of the place.The second picture is of Knight's Cottage itself. It's more than a hundred years old and does indeed have a thatched roof. It's cozy and welcoming and made a fabulous home base for our daily travels.
And lastly, is a picture taken from the lake, looking at Knight's Cottage and the gorgeous B&B run so amazingly well by Maura Staunton.
If you ever get the chance to go to Ireland--(and oh, I hope you do!)--do yourself a favor and get to County Mayo. Mayo is a Gaelic speaking county and every road sign and even the aisle markers in the grocery store are in both English and Gaelic. The country's gorgeous, the people are warm and friendly and the only thing wrong with the Republic of Ireland???
When I'm there, I never want to leave.
What about you? Where's your favorite spot in the world? And did you get your copy of VANISHED yet?
posted by Maureen Child @ 5:58 PM
9 Comments:
At 9:39 AM,
Michele said…
Okay, I'm so loving these pictures! I want to go to Ireland!! sigh
One day...
Thanks for sharing your memories of such a beautiful place. :)
At 9:51 AM,
Maureen Child said…
Hi Michele!
Oh, that place is so gorgeous... just looking at the pictures makes me want to be back there.....=)
At 12:21 PM,
Anonymous said…
I get my copy of VANISHED tomorrow!
I love the pictures and your description. I would love to go to Ireland. It looks so peaceful (yeah, I know, Irelands history is NOT peaceful) and tranquil, and I have the feeling I'm going to see a mouthwatering hunk walk out of that cottage...of course he'll notice me and from then on, he'll only want me!
Dang, I gotta go get some ice water.
At 2:17 PM,
Kate Carlisle said…
Beautiful photos, Maureen! I want to be there! And I'm picking up VANISHED this weekend!
And I hear there's a hot hunk inside that cottage!
Hey, Jen, take your hands off my hunk!!!
At 2:44 PM,
Anonymous said…
Too late, Kate! That hunk only saw me, and now he's in LOVE with me! I have my hands all over him...
At 4:19 PM,
Maureen Child said…
LOLOL.......all right ladies, back off the big hunk!
He's mine, I tell you all mine!!
At 9:25 PM,
Pat said…
Well this conversation took an interesting turn, didn't it?
At 8:57 AM,
Maureen Child said…
Pat, LOL>.......I have such interesting friends!!
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