swiped from Tuathal
Some interesting Irish facts, some might just surprise you…..
The tune of the “Star Spangled Banner” was composed by the great blind harper Turlough OCarolan, who died about 35 years before the American revolution.
Brick-throwing between teenagers living in mixed Protestant and Catholic areas in Northern Ireland is still so common - and so pointless […]
A very elderly gentleman, (mid nineties) very well dressed, hair well groomed, great looking suit, flower in his lapel smelling slightly of a good after shave, presenting a well looked-after image, walks into an upscale cocktail lounge. Seated at the bar is an elderly looking lady, (mid eighties). The gentleman walks over, sits alongside of […]
These Boys R O C K - plus some stuff on Berea Fest
Ray Kelly and Brian Tracey, each formerly of The Prodigals, joined with Matt Mancuso a year plus ago to form Mickey Finns. They put on an amazing energetic show last nite at Stamper’s Grill Pub. Brian left the drums at […]
I dialed a number and got the following recording:
“I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes.”
At pilots training back in the […]
Three sides, three perspectives, all end the same. Are we really that different?
(background - the 12th of July is an Orange Order day of celebration, in rememberance of when the Protestant King, King William*, defeated the Catholic King, King James, in the Battle of the Boyne, in the 1600’s. Now 400 years later, […]
Oh my aching heart, another touching and true blog from Tuathal
(the flippin link thing doesn’t work)
http://www.myspace.com/gabha_bheil
Heroes and Heroines, they surround us in everyday life. Anyone can think of a hero off the top of their heads. Be it the firefighters of 9/11, Mother Theresa to the unknown hero of Tiananmen Square.
Yet heroic acts happen everyday, […]
This is a LONG blog. I won’t be offended if you skip it.
There was an Irish festival this weekend (I know, you say, “isn’t there one very weekend, John?”), in Eastlake, Ohio. It was held at the minor league’s Lake Erie Captains stadium for the first time. I had a table for my book there:
Here’s […]