Q. Doesn’t It Rain All The Time In Ireland?
A. It only rains 8% of the time in the wettest months in Ireland.
In the driest […]

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If you’re Irish and like horses racing you’re supposed to prefer National Hunt to the Flat. In fact you’re not supposed to really like the […]

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From Euros to Dollars: Banking in the MidWest
-Hello, xyz-commerical-bank head office. How may I help you?
-Yeah, howaya, I’m an xyz-commerical-bank customer and I just wanted […]

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HGIT #25 - ag gol : crying

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It is twenty to five on a Saturday. Rupert Murdoch has yet to invent English football, and Al Gore has not yet invented the Internet. […]

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Umbrellas
In an American metro area of two million people, I’m the only person I’ve ever seen with an umbrella.
And people look at you funny. […]

Read: Ireland & USA: Little Differences #6 »

HGIT #24 - tíogar : tiger

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Q. Do You Have Halloween in Ireland?
A. We gave it to you
See Other Frequently Asked Irish Qustions:
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   • What’s Irish […]

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Q. Why Won’t Unionists Agree (this time)? or How About Them Unionists?
Answer. A materialist is in a green room, not chasing a non existent green […]

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Q. What Do You Paint?
In fairness people only frequently ask me this because I frequently tell them I paint. If I was to tell them […]

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God it’s hot. Wasn’t it meant to be cold? A book. Shouldn’t take long to get a book. I could get the bus. Only losers […]

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HGIT #23 - margadh : bargain

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Trup Trup a Chapaillín - Or, Giddy Up There Pony. The first song I learned at school, but being aged four, and it being a […]

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HGIT #22 - gailf : golf

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Car Bombs
I love Irish car bombs, is a phrase I never heard before moving to America.
In America, a car bomb is a drink with […]

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HGIT #21 - meicsiceach : mexican

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Dead Animals
Most every day I walk in Kansas City, and my dog rolls in a dead snake. Thanks to Saint Patrick and his very thorough […]

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Part 38 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

Ten years ago today […]

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Part 37 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

Ten years ago today […]

Read: Cycling Across America #37 »

As my own review of the 2006 KC Irish Fest remains an unfinished unpublished monster, here’s something shorter on former years while I try and […]

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