Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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Featuring Athy Ireland County Kildare
This town, Athy Ireland in County Kildare is the kind of town that you think of in Ireland that the signs of the times are barely noticable still.
This small town of only 9000 residents give or take, has a feel of 1950’s nostalgia a time when kids rode their bikes all over town, without worry, where you leave your doors unlocked and don’t worry too much.
Athy has historical beauty throughout the town. The barrow river that runs through the town, has a 15th century castle nestled into it. White’s castle is a 14 room castle with 3 floors.
White Castle was built in 1417 by Sir John Talbot the Viceroy of Ireland to protect the newly built bridge over the River Barrow. Originally the southern half of the castle, nearest to the bridge, was a four storied rectangular urban tower house. Modern rendering obscures a lot of the original features but you can still see some of the punch-dressed stones around the windows. There is a crucifixion plaque on the left side of the original doorway bearing the date 1573 and the name Richard Coosen, Sovereign of Athy.
White’s Castle
Get more acquainted with this wonder little Irish town at: https://athyireland.com
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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