Croke Park

I am 31 and so far I’ve never been to a gaelic football or a hurling match in Croke Park or indeed anywhere. I’m not a bit fan of the sports (obviously) but I still that it’s part of my culture and heritage and I should really go see one match and absorb the athmosphere. [...]

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Vertigo

I saw U2 in Croke Park last night, it was amazing. I’ve liked the band for nearly 20 years and this is the first time I’ve seen them in concert, what was I doing all these years?They played so much old stuff along with the new and thankfully glossed over the 90s experimentation, not that [...]

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The Cliffs

We stayed in Doolin for a couple of days and just took it easy, because we were glorying in the joy of public transport we didn’t get the chance to explore the Burren which was a real disappointment but the landscape on the islands was similar enough to keep my happy for the time being [...]

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It’s crazy, you invite a person to visit, you show…

It’s crazy, you invite a person to visit, you show them your favouite places in the country and what do they get addicted to during the week they’re here? “Celebrity Love Island”! And what’s worse she’s sucked me into this madness too, she’s gone but here I am watching the final of Celebrity Love Island, [...]

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The Islands

First stop on this little trip down memory lane was the Aran Islands, a place that’s very special to me and to a lot of Irish people. I can’t explain it really, maybe it’s because it’s part of the Gaeltacht, the fact that everyone there speaks Irish, maybe it’s because it’s an island, maybe it’s [...]

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Looking in

It’s funny how you can neglect the wonders on your doorstep. Here I am, international traveller, master of saying hello and thank you in several languages, voraciously guzzling the magic and mystery of other lands and cultures and I’ve barely explored my own little island for many a year.I guess I forgot what I had [...]

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Stranger in a not so strange land…

I’ve just had the chance to explore my own country for the first time in I don’t know how long, probably about seven or eight years, it’s weird that it’s been so long. A friend of mine came to visit from Taiwan and I thought I’d show her some of the best parts of Ireland, [...]

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