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Celtic Journeys

Author	Gerald Herter

Celtic Journeys

Gerald Herter

The historic and scenic richness of the Celtic countries come to life through encounters with the modern keepers of the celebrated folklore. This collection of journeys to Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic regions, seeks out the places that inspire the spiritual and cultural origins of the memorable songs and tales that stir the soul. Join the journey to these magical lands and beyond.

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Categories: Book, Century fox, Memoirs, Travel Tags: Cork, Glasgow Scotland Travel Books, Ireland Travel Guides, Northern Ireland Travel Guides

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Escape to enchanting lands where legendary heroes and dramatic settings of story and song come to life.
Whether planning a trip or seeking to recapture the matchless mystique of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic regions, you will crave the richness of firsthand encounters that travel guides miss.

From the evocative poetry of an old Irish melody sung by a beautiful tenor voice, to the haunting depths of Fingal’s Cave on Scotland’s remote Staffa Island, the journeys traverse the historic, cultural, scenic, and spiritual abundance of the Celtic world.

Walk the streets of Ireland’s quaint village of Kenmare at Christmastime.
Experience the places and events that inspired memorable songs like Galway Bay.
While St. Patrick rid Ireland of snakes, learn who banished the demons.
Traverse Wales’ mountainous Snowdonia with Llywelyn the Great.
View the expansive Cornish shoreline from the top of St. Michael’s Mount.
Make a pilgrimage to the home of Celtic Spirituality on the Isle of Iona.

The unique grandeur of the realm emerges further through travels that venture beyond Celtic lands.

Discover Iceland’s answer to Scotland’s Loch Ness monster.
Relive an American president’s praise for the people of a Celtic capital at NATO.
Explore with Scotland’s native son, John Muir, as he treks across America.
Contemplate the legend of Taliesin through Frank Lloyd Wright’s creations
See how a uniquely Welsh city name yielded a clue to Celtic traces in South Africa.

Out of these stirring journeys comes a collection of stories, recreating the memorable encounters with keepers of the celebrated folklore and countryside that make the British Isles so special.

Join the journey, to see for yourself the wonders of the Celtic world, as you turn the pages, traveling the byways of these magical lands and beyond.

Gerald Herter

Gerald Herter grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, served in the U.S. Army as a field artillery officer in Germany and Viet Nam, and worked as a CPA for several years in Chicago. He married his wife, Lori, and they moved to Southern California a few decades ago. There he served as Managing Partner of an accounting firm for many years, as well as the President of the Americas, Asia & Australia Region of Integra International, a world-wide association of accounting firms.

Gerald currently writes and edits Integra’s Audit & Accounting Alert newsletter, and was a Contributing Editor for Accounting Technology magazine. He also coordinates the accounting firm’s annual team-building hiking adventure to places of scenic beauty and physical challenge in the American West.

Gerald and Lori still live in Southern California with their cat, Marigold. They have traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and Tahiti. Gerald has had travel articles published in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Celtic Life International magazine. He became fascinated with the Celtic world in recent years from numerous trips with Lori researching people and places for the novels she writes. Lori's novel set in Ireland, The Thin Place, can be found with her other novels at: https://www.amazon.com/Lori-Herter/e/B001H6J3FY/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1.