Mo Laethanta Saoire: Ashgrove Cottage, by Jamie O'Connell
Jamie O'Connell
When I think of the happiest moments of my childhood summers, I recall wild roses, their cerise pink petals mingling with the shooting stamens of cream-gold honeysuckle. These are the flowers that grew over the stone wall of the front garden in Ashgrove Cottage, my grandparent’s home in Ballyhooly, North Cork.
These roses smelled in the way shop varieties have since been forced to sacrifice in the name of showier blooms. The honeysuckle scent lingered too – a warm top-note on the afternoon breeze.
