Wilde Guest Apartments Tallinn Old Town

Wilde Guest Apartments Tallinn Old Town Your elegant home away from home in the center of Old Town Tallinn.
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14/07/2024

A true changing of the guard moment at the All England Club🎾😲

12/12/2023

Lyhyen kävelymatkan päässä satamasta sijaitseva Rotermanni on kohde, johon ehtii hyvin lyhyemmälläkin Tallinnan reissulla. Historiaa ja modernia rakennuskan ...

28/08/2023

MISUNDERSTANDINGS AT CLONBUR FAIR

For centuries of English rule, Irish speakers were at a disadvantage by not being able to understand English, the language through which most law and commerce were conducted.

This often led to serious issues for the Irish speakers. Below, however, are a couple of examples of minor misunderstandings in the Clonbur area which had amusing results.

'Sadhbh (Laffey) Kerrigan brought her pig to the Clonbur fair where she met a pig dealer. She spoke only Irish and he English, and the ensuing confusion revolves around the names Sadhbh which is pronounced like 'sow' in Connemara.

The dealer asked Sadhbh 'How much for the sow?' whereupon she swiftly replied 'Na bac le Sadhbh, (Sow) ach ceannaigh an mhuc!' (don't mind Sadbh, buy the pig!)

Records do not indicate whether the pig was bought!

Another anecdote told of a story where a dispute between two neighbours near Clonbur turned into a physical kicking match.

It was sent to the court where the defendant, whose first language was Irish, was asked 'did you kick him first or vice versa?' To which he replied 'He kicked me first and then I kicked him in the vice versa!'

Taken from Martin O'Halloran's excellent book 'The Lost Gaeltacht.'

Pictured is Clonbur, courtesy NLI.

28/08/2023

THE POVERTY OF WEST CONNEMARA ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO (1919)

'Leaving Kylemore, we make a slight diversion to the right after a short walk, and visit Renvyle.

We later visit Letterfrack and are fortunate in spending a Saturday in Clifden, which is market day in the town, and had the opportunity, in consequence, of coming to close quarters with the natives
of the district.

Physically, with very few exceptions, a finer set of people it would be difficult to find anywhere, the outcome obviously of wholesome and cleanly living, and in spite of housing conditions that are little short of a disgrace to those responsible.

I have seen houses in some parts of Connemara which are no better than caricatures of houses, absolutely villainous in aspect and character, and yet where people have to live and sleep, and in many cases rear and sustain families.

You pick your way along the roadway or boreen, steering with the best skill you can under the circumstances through the
clay and the mire, and you come upon a loose scrambling heap of stones with an opening through which smoke oozes and which you ultimately discover to be the doorway.

A window is a rarity.

Possibly, but more frequently not, there is a chimney, a floor of hollowed mud, in the corner a bundle of straw, upon which, not unlikely, an old man or woman lies with very scanty covering under conditionis of squalor unspeakable.

To the writer at all events, such scenes occasioned thoughts depressing in the extreme.

Much has been done in recent years, I understand, to improve matters in tlis respect, and I pay glad and willing testimony to the splendid efforts of parish priest Monsignor M'Alpine of Clifden, who in and out of season has done yeoman service, despite many difficulties and a parsimonious treasury, in improving the housing conditions of the people in this congested portion of Connemara.

A great deal of good, too, has been done in the direction of providing skilled and efficient nursing and attendance upon the sick, which in years past was primitive to a degree, and little wonder.

Imagine a doctor's district thirty miles in
length, comprising roadless miles of rock and stone, with a population three-quarters precariously poor, and in the case of women, with no help save from an elderly woman with a fifteenth-century training.

Cattle are not much seen in Connemara, but goats are there in endless variety, and sheep are fairly numerous as well.

Fishing, however, on the western seaboard, would appear to be the one staple industry, and with curragh or pucan the harvest of the sea is gathered and a risky and uncertain harvest it very frequently happens to be.

As a sideline, an acre or two of stony soil is assiduously cultivated, to which, with the gathering of seaweed to make kelp, go the labour and toil of the people's everyday lives.

Poverty is universal, and emigration has imposed its woeful toll, and left few behind in most places but the aged or the very young.'

This article, entitled 'Through Connemara with a Haversack' appeared in the 'Irish Monthly' magazine in April 1919, just as the War of Independence was heating up.

Its frank descriptions of the poverty locally just one century ago may go some way to explaining the discontent felt by the people which led to a widely-held desire for change.

Picture 'Connemara,' by Paul Henry.

07/06/2023

With the beautiful weather, it's a great time to enjoy some Irish poetry and literature - and next week will be a busy one!

👉 To celebrate Yeats Day, join us on 13 June at Rahva Raamat
Viru Keskus, for a discussion on WB Yeats with the inimitable Doris Kareva and Märt Väljataga 📚

👉On 16 June (also known as Bloomsday!), join us for a picnic in Kadriorg Park, where we will be reading Ulysses and enjoying the sunny weather.

We'll provide snacks and drinks, but you'll need to provide the straw boater hat 👒

Both of these events are open to the public so don't hesitate to join us. Contact the Embassy if you would like an invitation!

06/10/2022

On 29 March 2019, the former president and foreign minister, Lennart Meri, would’ve celebrated his 90th birthday; a Statesman with a capital S, he’s one of the founding fathers of the Estonian post-occupation success story, and one of the politicians in Estonia that everybody truly respected.

05/10/2022
22/03/2022
03/03/2022

Like clockwork, just after midday yesterday, the screen on her device lit up with the only words that keep her calm: “I’m OK.”

24/02/2022

Estonia celebrates its's 104th anniversary as a free country! Be a local for one day and check out what your Estonian name would be!
Happy birthday to you, Republic of Estonia!

23/02/2022

Estonia prepares to celebrate its Independence Day on February 24. Despite it being the public holiday, many museums and sights are still open and welcoming visitors. See where to go from here: https://bit.ly/3HapfYX

In the middle of winter, entering the Fahle Galleries from the so-called Sossi Hill from the Tartu highway between the g...
19/01/2022

In the middle of winter, entering the Fahle Galleries from the so-called Sossi Hill from the Tartu highway between the glass doors, the visitor is greeted by a bird gadget and the noise of water. There is plenty to discover here for a friend of the plant - Nikolai's bird of paradise grows on the wall with white flowers, Kalasabapalme grows three here, the wooden fern that is one of the later inhabitants catches the eye.

Fahle Gallery Street has been nominated for the annual award of the Estonian Association of Landscape Architects and the Estonian Cultural Endowment for Architecture, the winners of which will be announced on February 1 this year.
coffee tree

Südatalvel Tartu maanteelt nn Sossi mäelt klaasuste vahelt Fahle Galeriise sisse astudes võtab tulijat vastu lindude vidin ja veekohin. Taimesõbrale jagub siin avastamist küllaga – seina ääres kasvab valge õiega Nikolai paradiisilinnulill, Kalasabapalme kasvab siin kolm, pilku püüab puusõnajalg kes on siin üks hilisemaid asukaid.

Fahle galeriitänav on nomineeritud Eesti Maastikuarhitektide Liidu ja Eesti Kultuurkapitali arhitektuuri aastapreemiale, mille võitjad selguvad tänavu 1. veebruaril.
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14/01/2022

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What if Oscar Wilde met with Eduard Vilde?

Wilde Guest Apartments is named after a Cultural Endeavour conceived by the owner Liam Allen to honour the Irish writer Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) & the Estonian writer Eduard Vilde (1856–1933).

The bronze work by Tiiu Kirsipuu which depicts Oscar Wilde & Eduard Vilde sitting on a park bench having an imagined conversation is located in the centre of Tartu, the second city of Estonia, coincidentally outside former printing house established by a third namesake, Peter Ernest Vilde in 1648. The building in Tartu now houses an art wine bar Vilde & Vine. In 2004 the government of Estonia on the occasion of joining the European Union gifted a copy of the sculpture to the city of Galway in Ireland.

Today the sculptures are amongst the most photographed sites in both cities. Wilde Guest Apartments are also in Tartu, but not yet in Galway. There is a large monument to Eduard Vilde in front Wilde Guest Apartments Tallinn Old Town.

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