Articles tagged ‘united states’
The rugby world cup
By Seán | September 8th, 2007 |
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It’s one of those things I’ve never really understood. You meet these hard-core Irish guys who live in the country, listen to trad, have family with questionable political affiliations and carry a general disdain for anything anglo . . . and then you discover that they absolutely love rugby or soccer. We’re talking Man U [...]
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?
European economy to surpass US
By Seán | November 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
So next year the euro will outstrip the US dollar.
I remember when we first moved here the exchange rate was 90 US cents to the euro. Today the exchange rate is $1.29 = €1. If only we had known *grin* At the time, there was an awful lot of complaining about the conversion from the [...]
