A Coruña- Connections and Promise
Who knew that when as a heartbroken missionary, I threw a bottle with ashes from my burnt up "Dear Jane" letter into the sea from La Coruña, Spain, I was potentially casting it towards Ireland? I don't think I made the Irish connection when I visited the Tower of Hercules either (oldest existing lighthouse in the WORLD) and viewed the statue of Breogan. I didn't even really know what I was looking at through the lens of my cheap camera. I was lost in my own little world of confusion being surrounded by native Spaniard missionary companions, less the redhead, who spoke a language I didn't understand. If I had been a little more aware or even just plain curious, I might have learned about the Irish connection with Galicia instead of just feeling it. Some Celtic peoples claim ancestral roots from this coastal region of Spain. According to the legend, the son of Breogan climbed the tower in Brigantia (A Coruña) and spotted Ireland, p...