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Merry Christmas
You may think that this is about the little difference between our two nations of ‘Merry […]

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I’m not making this up. Honest. I make up everything else on Irish KC (except the girls of course), but I’m not making this […]

Read: FAIQ #19: Have You Ever Been To Ireland? »

Dublin’s Balcony TV is great for keeping an eye on unsigned and up and coming Irish acts, though it also throws the odd establisher performer […]

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HGIT #29 - turas : trip

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Fun
Everything is quantifiable in America.
And everything has its place on a chart. You are not just a coach; you are the winningest coach. Or you […]

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Midnight on New Year’s Eve
The only reason New Year’s Eve exists as a day of celebration is because it contains the last moments of the […]

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Q. What’s With You Irish And All This Guilt Stuff?
A. I like guilt. And I think it gets a bad rap.
People who go around […]

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Q. Why Don’t You Look On The Bright Side?
A. One should always look for the negative.
If nothing else it kinda helps in recognising […]

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HGIT #28 - ealaín : art

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Pharmaceuticals
In northern England I have a friend who went to Grimsby in 1983 where he then contracted a cold he has never been able to […]

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Sunday cinema time.
I’ve been a fan of Ruairí Robinson since his first short film, The House on Dame Street, and eagerly await either a local […]

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Turkeyed Out
Okay the Turkey is an American bird, but it was in Europe that it got its name we know it by.
Europeans sailed to […]

Read: Ireland & USA: Little Differences #10 »

Q. You Travel By Train In Ireland, Don’t You?
A. We didn’t have a car when I was growing up. One appeared when I was around […]

Read: FAIQ #22: You Travel By Train In Ireland, Don’t You? »

HGIT #27 - culaith spáis : space suit

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Coin Take Up
The U.S. Mint is trying again. New One Dollar coins are being introduced starting in February 2007.
These new coins will bear the […]

Read: Ireland & USA: Little Differences #9 »

Q. Do You Have BBQ in Ireland?
A. Whenever I am asked this question I think of Bewleys.
Particularly of Bewleys in Westmoreland Street.
Of 1983 […]

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A long time ago, when I was living in Liverpool, new pint glasses were brought out. Imperial pint glasses of course, this being the empire […]

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HGIT #26 - sláinte : health

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Temperatures
I’m not referring to Fahrenheit versus Centigrade or Celsius - or as AccuWeather bizarrely calls those options, ‘English’ versus ‘Metric’, presumably on the basis that […]

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Irish Fests
There aren’t Irish Fests in Ireland.
Ah you’re just being semantic; it’s like saying we don’t have Irish Stew in Ireland, we just have Stew, […]

Read: Ireland & USA Little Differences #7 »