Articles tagged ‘irish immigrants’

On being Irish

By Seán | July 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I was reading a newspaper article in the Westmeath Independent the other week that stated, “More than one in seven of Athlone population is now non-Irish.”
In the article it delineated the major groups of foreign nationals and stated that there were 91 “Americans” (although I’m sure the paper meant “United States citizens” and didn’t mean [...]

 

Riverdance, anyone?

By Seán | July 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Did you know I have never posted anything about Riverdance?

Did you know that the two stars of Riverdance (Michael Flatley and Jean Butler) were born and raised in the United States?

 

You can never go home

By Seán | June 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

So I’ve been abroad for the past couple weeks. For the first time in three years I boarded a plane and flew back to the bay area. It has been said that you can never go home - a saying that, as a child, I never understood. I mean, what? Did an earthquake/fire/hurricane sweep home [...]