Uncategorized 21 Dec 2015 OH VIENNA ! Vienna does not live up to expectations , it far exceeds them. I expect a city that is formal, reserved, serious. I find one that is accessible, amusing, friendly and… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 30 Oct 2015 THE MOST PEACEFUL VILLAGE ON EARTH? It is a perilous drive from Puigpuyent through rising corkscrew passes and hairpin bends, past layered terraces and walled estates that hang from the spine of the Tramuntana to the… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 05 Oct 2015 La Dolce Vita It is a Saturday evening in Milan. The air is dry under a silver sky. Despite a busy morning at the fair in Grazie and a 2 hour train journey… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 22 Sep 2015 FIERA DELLE GRAZIE Fiera Delle Grazie is a four day festival, held in mid August, in the village of Grazie outside Mantova. It is rooted in the old Christian celebration of the Feast… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 14 Sep 2015 MOZART ON THE METRO It is just before 9 a.m. in Milan. I have walked in warm sunshine down the Via Manzoni, past a silent La Scala and into the morning quiet of the… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 25 Aug 2015 Luciano Lives Down a narrow country lane, between cornfields, outside Modena lies an understated but elegant house. A manicured driveway is barely noticed as the car negotiates a sweeping turn to the… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 23 Jul 2015 Retail Sandcastles There still seems to be some confusion between real estate development and retail. Retail is a complicated holistic operation. Once it was about the right product, in the right place,… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 17 Jul 2015 Quality Counts! Craftsmanship and imagination have always been the trademarks of our Irish knitters and weavers. When I was growing up I was fascinated by the ability of my mother’s generation to… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 09 Jul 2015 NATURAL WONDER Just out of Leenane is a bend in the road. Here a small bridge crosses the Erriff River where it twists and swells into Killary Harbour. In the fields on… Eddie Shanahan
Uncategorized 30 Jun 2015 The ways of the West The Leenane Hotel sits shyly in a nook by the road that winds circumspectly along the edge of Killary harbour. I passed it with an unsatisfied curiosity for decades. Finally… Eddie Shanahan