Just Irish

The road turns to a stream, hail lashes the jaunting cars, and Charles Battell Loomis reaches afternoon tea looking like a drenched hen.

On a visit to Ireland in the early twentieth century, Loomis and a handful of American strangers set out from Londonderry for a country house, invited by people they have never met. Their trunks are missing, the sky is black, and the driver insists the journey is “not far”—until a thunderstorm gives them reason to doubt him. What begins as an uncertain outing becomes a test of Irish hospitality, with soaked clothes, borrowed garments, and laughter waiting at the door. How far can a traveler trust “It’s not far” in Ireland?

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