In her poem ?August Lament,? Mary Mullen conjures the faces and places and touchstones of her old home in Soldotna ? but she does so from her current home more than 4000 miles away, in Ballinderreen, County Galway, Ireland. ... Mullen, who is currently on vacation in Alaska ? in part to help celebrate the 90th birthday of her mother, Marge Mullen ? said that raising Lily has taught her much about herself and about love, and was one of her inspirations for her writing: ...
near Ballinderreen, Co. Galway. Before we left home for Ireland, my mom told us she would love to have us bring her some authentic antique Irish china, made by a company called Belleek. We finally found our store: This antique store in ...
