
Our Time of Mourning
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How to Remember the Dead in Ireland
Jillian O'Brien grew up in Ireland so she's been to lots of funerals. Her book The Darkness Echoing exploring Ireland's places of famine, death and rebellion came out during the pandemic which seems weirdly appropriate. A few years back she set out on a dark tour of her country's many historic sites and memorials of death. So I was thinking that a dark tour might be just what we could all use right now. If survived something terrible we're itching to travel but we still collectively need to mourn. Just be warned if your dark tour is anything like Jillian's it could take longer than you think.
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