43 days ago by Jessica's thoughts

Although I now know that I have some Irish or Scot-Irish ancestors, I cannot report about any family traditions or superstitions from those ancestors since very little was passed in my family. So, in lieu of not having any family tales to share, I'll just write about a book I read several years ago ...

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47 days ago by Chris Singleton

I just had to laugh at this from Noel Gallagher in the Irish Times: "I clearly remember my mam saying to me and my two brothers when we were growing up: 'You're only English because you were born here.' And with a mother from Mayo and a father from Co Meath, there's not a drop of English blood in me ...

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156 days ago by Conor McCabe

NONE of Foreign Minister Micheal Martin’s EU counterparts blame the Government for the crisis caused by the ‘No’ vote on the Lisbon Treaty, he said yesterday.” As Ciarán Fitzgerald famously said, “where’s your fucking pride?” So the EU doesn’t blame Micheál Martin. That’s the big message he brought ...

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160 days ago by Claire Hennessy

Well, on the one hand, I don't feel qualified to go into a big discussion about the recent 'no' vote and all that jazz. I still, despite voting, don't feel like an expert on the issues. On the other hand, a lack of accurate information didn't particularly seem to bother the 'no' campaigners. So. I t ...

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165 days ago by Jessica's thoughts

The sixth edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture has been posted! You can read it here. The next edition of this carnival is on Irish literature, and you read more about the topic here. Enjoy!

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172 days ago by Jessica's thoughts

What does it mean to be Irish? I've thought about this question for a few days, and I'm still not sure of an answer. Whenever I try to answer the question, I start to think about stereotypes of the Irish, but I don't believe that those stereotypes answer the question since these stereotypes could de ...

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215 days ago by Conor McCabe

(Photo by Graham Keogh.) A lot has been written about Jinx Lennon. All positive, and all well-deserved. A true original voice. He’s been the subject of RTE’s Arts Lives, clips from which are available on YouTube here. From his website biog: Jinx takes the word singer songwriter,douses it liberally w ...

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