Ireland keeps turning, as the world does. Was just taped for the radio of Canada, the Gaelic Hour out of Ottawa (can you get in?) to rant or observe. Sunny economic predictions not in the quiver, but what a run it has been through these holidays. With extraordinarily mild weather there has been an extraordinary lift in the national spirits, at least through the prism of Ireland Unhinged. In the Cork Arms the other night and a man named The Bird singing opera heft ridiculous ballads and dancing through that ionosphere, sometimes starting or finishing lying down with flowers in his lips, flowers to the ladies, flowers of speech, as all besuits an Irishman saying -- FUCK THIS RECESSION, we are going to have fun. Was in the Bellview Tavern later...Read more »
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Cowboy Hat in Derry
Anyone who thinks Ireland to be a small island has never been to Derry. From Cork, you must train first to Dublin (3 hours), light rail and wait and wait to Connelly Station (1 hour min.), train to Belfas (almost 3 hrs), wait, train...Read more »
Whacko New Megalith Rises in Mayo
In a new take on jaw-dropping bad taste, an unhinged Irish property developer, Mr. Joe McNamara, has been building a massive concrete replication of Stonehenge on remote Achill Island in County Mayo, home to countless literary and artistic evocations of the unspoilt beautyof the country’s west coast....Read more »
Our Leaders Can’t Count — Surprise
Gob-smacking the rule again this week. Turns out the geniuses monitoring the country’s dire finances and various begging bowls to powers afar have been having some problems with their...Read more »
Magic Leaves Ireland By Moonlight
The crash of the Celtic Tiger has resulted in many distressing stories, with some of the misery to a not insignificant minority being deserved. But when the heartbreak gets...Read more »
Honking to Insanity
It is that time of the evening in Ireland. There is a vixen in my life and she skulks into my garden to eat apples now every day. Do...Read more »
Meeting the Oracles in Mayo
The roads less traveled in Ireland are still a balm for the eye and the spirit. The last few days have taken me to the sodden wilds of Conemara...Read more »
J. P. Donleavy Weathers Scandal And Time
Now the story is all over the press — that the famed author of The Ginger Man, J.P. Donleavy, was cuckolded by not one but two Guinness brothers who...Read more »
Goodbye Rudy
Some passing motorists in the child-like and senseless gun-the-engines-always fashion that is so common here killed our dog Monday night. Or maybe fate did, or maybe every dog just has his short day in...Read more »
2000 Year-Old Resurfaces
A digger man in the turf bogs of the midlands has bumped into the remains of a 2000 year-old woman who may have been ritually sacrificed and has had...Read more »
Fish Pedicure Prices Slashed!
With street riots escalaiting in London, stock markets crashing globally, and bed bugs proliferating in posh capitals, a ray of hope has just surfaced in Ireland. Due to a “market...Read more »
40 Euros and You’re Irish
Already bought a moon rock, or had a star named after you? Well, now you can become certified Irish for just 40 euros. In another initiative in the current...Read more »
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