The lists of finalists in the 2010 Irish Blog Awards were announced last night, and I was delighted to see my blog Bicyclistic among them. […]

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I thought some of you might like this - a slideshow of wonderful photos (with audio) by Ronan Palliser of yesterday’s St Patrick’s Day parade […]

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By the way I paint, and earlier today I offerred a brand new painting of here in Ireland - of Howth Head from across Dublin […]

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In response to the rubbish I read every year about America supposedly giving Ireland its national day of celebration let me point to an old […]

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Every St Patrick’s Day in Kansas City I was asked about food in Ireland. And I wasn’t sure what to say.
Because, despite all the changes, […]

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For those of you who want to sing the Irish national anthem but don’t want to learn the Irish language, or have learned it but […]

Read: “Ireland, Ireland!” The Alternative Irish National Anthem »

Since a lot of people keep asking me who the Grand Marshal of this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade here in my hometown of Dublin […]

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Today is Mother’s Day in Ireland, which you’ll note is a different day to Mother’s Day in America.
Mother’s Day in Ireland and Britain has a […]

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Hey, did you know that 1 of the 7 people arrested recently in Ireland on charges relating to plotting to kill the Swedish cartoonist Lars […]

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The longlists of nominations in the 2010 Irish Blog Awards have been through 1 round of judging and the shortlists have been announced.
All 3 […]

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There have been Crystal Swing updates a-plenty. The Irish family band sweeping the nation are global now people. Talk about Bringing It All Home.
And now […]

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Just to let you know that sweeping the Irish nation this last week has been a band out of Cork and specifically their version of […]

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Yesterday the Irish Blog Awards released their long list of nominations for this year’s awards.
With over 900 nominations in over 20 categories it’s a […]

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There was much excitement in Ireland yesterday as 3 Irish Film Board funded movies received Oscar nominations.
A total of 5 Academy Award nominations went to […]

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Today, February 1st, is St. Brigid’s Day.
February 1st is also the 1st day of spring in Ireland
Brigid, a Kildare lass whose feast day of […]

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While I’m getting ready for the re-launch of Irish KC, which may not even happen, and since there are still the best part of 1,000 […]

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A quick note for the stalkers among you, to save you with all that searching, that today I was quoted in Ireland’s premier newspaper, The […]

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From Shane Hegarty’s book launching tomorrow, here’s 7 things about the Irish (and other foreigners).
And if the video doesn’t convert you, there was a large […]

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I’ve posted a collage of 40 photos over on my personal blog. They’re all taken here in Ireland, specifically in Dublin West.
They are not […]

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Distracted today as the Irish online world was all atwitter about a herd of llamas loose on the M50 (our motorway ring road equivalent to […]

Read: High Llamas in Ireland »