Taba’s Stories

About her travels, golf, art, life in Ireland and cows

The Unicorn Tree

The Unicorn Tree

Morning stroll on the golf course Just when you least expect it, magic happens. I have walked this course twice before while in Spain at Santa Maria Golf Club, but I didn’t notice something out of...

A Symphony of Golf

A Symphony of Golf

"Golf architects are the Rembrandts and Beethovens of their domains."   "The game of golf has often been compared with music. In this essay, GHS member Taba Dale, who loves...

Meeting the Great Irish Elk

Meeting the Great Irish Elk

Extinct Irish Elk Turning Heads   Motorists driving by make ridiculously dangerous U-turns to come back and stare at this magnificent beast. Bicyclists risk near collisions as they stop dead in...

Bonnie Bovine – Part 1

Bonnie Bovine – Part 1

Bonnie Bovine - Part 1 By Taba Dale Kevin and I are back in Liscannor, after completing two Golf & Music Tours to St Andrews and the Highlands. Our golfers played many of the iconic, Top 100...

Bonnie Bovine Part 2

Bonnie Bovine Part 2

Bonnie Bovine - Part 2 By Taba Dale After a nice long chewing session and bedding down for the night, Elsie and Lucy are back at it again the next morning…     Elsie had been turning it...

The Bear of Adare

The Bear of Adare

The Bear of Adare  The visionary, Limerick-born businessman, J.P. McManus completed the purchase of the five-star Adare Manor property in December 2014. Just over one year later, it closed for a...