RAMBLING THROUGH THE EMERALD ISLE, is a heartwarming memoir about a Mary's and her daughter's twelve-day adventure through Ireland during Christmas break in 2006. Vivid Irish settings abound in this humorous and insightful memoir as the two serendipitously discover their ancestors' burial grounds at Clonmacnoise, a sixth-century monastery. The vacation was a special gift from Mary's husband, who knew it had been a lifelong dream to visit the land of her ancestors. Mary's discovery of her new-found inner strength and the meaning of true love is brilliantly portrayed.