Doing the rounds in Ireland these days is a clip from back when things were picking up, the last days of innocence in other words […]

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Yesterday I launched my annual sale of Irish paintings - all new works being offered for sale for the first time.
The sale started with 30 […]

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Three views for you into the state of Ireland today, in plenty of time for taking account of for whenever you might be developing themes […]

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Last month the calendar did one of those things with numbers, where there was a sequence that made loads of people go hey.
And because the […]

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It’s that day when people ask me how to pronounce samhain.
Samhain being the word in Irish (as in Gaelic/Gaeilge) also used for November, as well […]

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Long-time Irish KC readers might recognise that this painting of an Irish Cottage (detail shown, click for full painting) comes from the Cottage Chronicles that […]

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For the 1st time in, over 20 years, possibly 30, today I got an Easter egg. Unless I’ve forgotten some.
When I lived in Kansas City, […]

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It’s Good Friday, an unofficial holiday in Ireland. This year some pubs are opening in defiance of the law. I don’t think too many people […]

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The Irish Blog Awards? Em, I won.
That, and getting ready for the exhibition of my paintings at the awards in Galway, is the reason for […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Read: Irish KC Shortlisted for Best Arts & Culture Blog in 2010 Irish Blog Awards »

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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