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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A reminder of 2 things about New Year from an Irish perspective.
1. How to say Happy New Year in Irish (Gaelic/Gaeilge)
2. How the Irish celebrate […]

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Build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up.
Build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, build-up, […]

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Talking and walking were without reservation the things I instantly listed in America whenever I was asked what I missed about Ireland.
I had a friend […]

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This is one of those days where everyone asks everyone what the time is despite or because of a proliferation of clocks around.
We’re not in […]

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While eating an egg last week here in Ireland it occurred to me that it had never happened to me in America.
About 10 minutes earlier […]

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Ever since my original little difference between Ireland and America of tennis balls, and its many follow-up posts direct from the streets of Kansas City, […]

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LEGO
Maybe it’s not an international difference between America and Ireland; maybe it’s personal.
Either way it doesn’t half irk.
In Ireland, in fact in Europe as far […]

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For those of you who like to count, specifically hours, this is just to let you know that once again Ireland is 6 hours ahead […]

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I always lied when asked this question in Kansas City.
Life is easier when you don’t tell the truth. And so is keeping a website, […]

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OK. Yes.
Personal effects from Kansas City have now been delivered, unloaded, and put into storage in Dublin where I won’t be seeing them again […]

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In America I wore two items of footwear. Trekking boots in deepest winter, and maybe a couple of months either side, and in summer sandals.
Sometimes […]

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You’ve heard me mention that I don’t like customer service in America.
Because you hear voices presumably.
Whatever the reason, it’s true. And last night I was […]

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I’ve been looking at the ground a lot today.
It’s one of the differences between Ireland and in Kansas City. Here in Ireland the ground […]

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It didn’t take Bob Geldof to let me know that we talk nonsense as a nation.
But unlike in the US we do it in […]

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Speaking of differences and similarities between Ireland and the US, it’s time for talk of seasons.
Brother the younger is long a fan of how the […]

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Since I’m on an animal jaunt, I want to talk about an animal here in the midwest that we don’t have in Ireland.
This is an […]

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Some final words then on The Wind That Shakes The Barley

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So I’m out for a walk in between Kansas City storms. Me and the dog are about half an hour in, right in the middle […]

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Courtesy of the four major search engines - yes Google is not the only orange - here’s just a sampling of some of the questions […]

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