Articles tagged ‘Ireland’
Irish Artist - Damien Rice
By Seán | December 10th, 2006 |
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For such a small country, Ireland has a ridiculously disproportionate number of internationally famous musicians and bands. What is it about this small, rain-soaked island that breeds such excellent music?
We’ll be exploring that vein of thought in this, the first in a series of profiles I’ll be doing on prominent Irish musical artists and [...]
How do you drive a computer?
By Seán | December 6th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
The man pictured there on the left once said that the greatest engineering achievement of this century might be “Getting rid of the credit card.” You may, however, know him better as the first man to walk on the moon.
If you think that’s a bit non-sequitur, try this on for size: Neil Armstrong was [...]
Bus Nestor and Citylink
By Seán | November 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
So if you intend to travel somewhere other than Dublin from Dublin Airport, the handiest and cheapest way of doing so is to catch a coach. This may come as a surprise to you, because I find that the coach services from Dublin airport are not well advertised.
There are two national coach companies in Ireland, [...]
Bizarre Irish Kidnapping case
By Seán | November 17th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Has this story registered a blip on the US news radar?
A pair of grandparents in Ireland flew to the states and kidnapped their grandson. I have heard on the radio that the grandfather’s daughter reported that her father promised that if he was able to retrieve his grandson from the states he would kill him [...]
Irish Emergency Room
By Seán | November 17th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If you should ever find yourself unfortunate enough to need emergency services while in Ireland, you could find yourself in worse straits.
Last night at around 11pm I found myself pulling into Portiuncula (go on, say it: “PORE-tee-UHN-kuh-luh”) Hospital’s car park. The hospital is in Ballinasloe, County Galway off the main Dublin/Galway road. I have visited [...]
George Bush’s cousin says Westmeath = “no man’s land”
By Seán | November 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
According to Access Hollywood reporter Billy Bush, Westmeath is a “no man’s land” located “outside of Dublin.”
Now our man Billy is cousin to George (yes, dubya himself) and perhaps there’s something genetic going on. After all, George has had his problems with foreign geography, having once called Africa a nation, Europe a key ally and [...]
Global warming befuddles sheep
By Seán | November 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
We have, as I’ve mentioned before, had a fantastically warm summer and it seems to be affecting all things Irish. . .
. . . even the sheep.
I was reading in the paper and saw a story on a lamb born completely out of season in in Curraghboy on Saturday, October 27 (lambing season [...]
Murphy’s Live festival
By Seán | November 7th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Above you see The Blizzards, a local band from Mullingar making good. They are performing the headlining slot at the Murphy’s Live 2007 contest showcase in Cork next year. Murphy’s Live is a series of 6 live heats that start with the Blizzards gig next January 18 in Cork. The competition is geared to expose [...]
New Irish flight regulations started yesterday
By Seán | November 7th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
So yesterday Ireland joined their close neighbours, England, by increasing restrictions on carry-on baggage in accordance with new EU regulations.
Last week I flew over to England on business. As it was just for a few days, I decided to forego checking any baggage and carry the few items I needed on board as carry-on luggage. [...]
Moate bonfire
By Seán | November 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Again my suspicion that the Irish tradition of bonfire burning was dying out (hehe - get it? “dying out” . . . nevermind) has taken another blow.
Witness, if you will, the gleeful children to the left clambering over that heap of inflammables. I spotted a report in a local paper about Halloween bonfires and was [...]
