Last updated on March 16th, 2019 at 03:15 am On March 17th we celebrated our second St. Patrick’s Day as residents of Dublin. It was a festive day where we took in the annual parade and visited Croke Park to attend the hurling and Gaelic football finals of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). We ended our…
Last updated on December 10th, 2022 at 06:35 pmWhile Barcelona is a beautiful city with great nightlife, the city pretty much shuts down on Sunday night. Contrast this with Madrid, which is as lively on Sunday night as it is every other night of the week. This past January we visited Spain’s capital and found…
Last updated on February 26th, 2019 at 06:58 am We’ve lived in Dublin for over two years and have written a few posts about great day trips in the area. Along the coast you can catch the DART train (Dublin Area Rapid Transport) either north or south for wonderful seaside hikes in either Howth or…
Last updated on April 25th, 2019 at 08:40 pmTwo time Irish Journalist of the Year Conor O’Clery was born in Belfast during the 1940’s and spent 33 years as a reporter for The Irish Times, Ireland’s most distinguished newspaper. Mr. O’Clery served as The Irish Times first Bureau Chief in Moscow, and subsequently opened staff…
Last updated on January 3rd, 2023 at 11:14 pmI’ve not been arrested yet (knock on wood!). But in the USA, I have semi-regularly had annoying little run-ins with police. Many of these stem from college days, but not all of them. While I won’t get into the specific idiotic details, I probably should have been…
