Now I know why the ancestors left the old country
By the Peace Wall (three stories high, and built to keep the Protestants and Catholics separate) in Belfast, Ireland Riding through river-deep floodwaters, trying to get to BelfastBy the Peace Wall...
View ArticleAnother day, another downpour
All these floods are starting to piss me off. It’s hassle enough as it is. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that all the arrangements and traveling and lugging o’ the stuff and planning and plain old...
View ArticleMy goodness, my Guinness
I imagine tourists have always been a hazard: Looking up when they should be looking for traffic, stopping suddenly when they spot a souvenir shop, clustering together in large, slow-moving groups. All...
View ArticleBill Murray as Irish colloquialism
That’s right. I’ve busted out an SAT word on your there. I strive to educate as well as to entertain. If you’re wondering, it basically means ‘slang.’ Anyway, the Irish show jumping horse was...
View ArticleLive nude girls!
A little reality check on Cape Clear Island, Ireland That title is both accurate (if you keep reading), and may just earn this lowly little blog a day of big hits! By sleazebags. But sleazebags who...
View ArticleTeenage rebellion is not what it used to be
Ok, so what the hell is this all about? I’m on the 8:05 a.m. bus from Schull to Cork. We’ve been on it about five minutes, and across the aisle from me is an Irish couple in their late teens who are...
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