Staff Corner: From the remote desk of Sheila Moloney
Current location: Naas, Ireland
Michelle's question to Sheila:
Growing up in an Irish-American family and now living here, what have you found to be true and not true about what you learned about Ireland and Irishness?
Due to current circumstances, I have not explored Ireland as much as I would have liked. From what I have experienced so far, one Irish characteristic that I have been overwhelmed by is generous hospitality.
I am currently renting a room from a woman who was born and raised in Dublin. To my understanding, when you rent a room, that is your space and interaction with the landlord would most likely be minimum. That is happily not the case here. At least once a week, my landlord leaves a home cooked meal on my kitchen table just because. She will check in on me if she hasn’t seen me all day. We often chat about cooking and baking, which I enjoy occasionally, and then she’ll drop a bag of flour in my kitchen because she was at the shop and noticed there were only three left on the shelf.
![Landlady's dinner](https://www.learninternational.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dinner.jpg)
![Dessert from the landlady](https://www.learninternational.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dessert.jpg)
One of the many delicious meals my landlady shares with me. Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables and homemade cheesecake.
One thing that I am glad to be wrong about is the misconception that it rains every day. This spring has been absolutely beautiful *knock on wood*. The sun is shining almost every morning.
![sheila_staff_photo Sheila's staff photo](https://www.learninternational.ie/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/sheila_staff_photo-qij7ee2n5dfnxu8ta1y5gwgulxgl48cx9p20h3jhts.jpg)
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