Irish life (page 3)
Weather, habits and oddities of everyday Ireland.
Stormy, stormy night
A door slammed shut. Upstairs, I was startled awake by the sound. Throwing the duvet aside, I felt my way in the dark to the stairs and padded downstairs in my bare feet to investigate.
Celtic Tiger Golfing Porn?
This weekend is the Ryder Cup; the biggest event in a sport invented a stone's throw from Ireland.
Talk like a pirate day
So, when I lived stateside I used to read Dave Barry 's column regularly. One of the wonderful things he brought to my attention is International Talk Like a Pirate Day .
Television tax
I don't own a television. Don't really like 'em much. But I am a video editor and had thought about getting a couple of cheap old TVs for editing purposes.
Irish Monopoly
Pictured above is the old Irish version of the Monopoly board game (note Shannon Airport there under the hat and Grafton Street next to it).
All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Start your engines, Irish sports fans - Kerry will play Mayo today in the All-Ireland Senior Irish Football final.
Irish Scarecrow
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Come on the weekend!
After a long week of work, the weekend is finally here! And it was a gorgeous day here in Athlone, sunny as all get-out.
Athlonian vs Dublin City
Noel O’Gara sells stone in Athlone. Last year he noticed that a lease on a forgotten park in Dublin had expired and that it was quietly added to a list of items for public auction.
Irish minister warns students not to drink too much
Today the results for the Junior certs were released. The Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, issued a warning hand-in-hand with her congratulations, stating that students, "must avoid the…
God bless Ireland
God, I love this country. This bore a second posting: walking into town a bit later I saw, parked in the puddles, an Athlone Town Council service truck and an attendant watering the rain-soaked…