…and whilst I wouldn’t write that everything is perfect all the time on Bere Island (or any other island), for the few days I was there, it was indeed perfect.
Category: History
Inisturk, and realities of island living
There was never a shortage of fine words and lip service but piers, ferries, electricity and bridges were far less forthcoming
Why John Hume was great.
John Hume said that what united us was far more important than what divided us. Practise that; let that and the candle for peace tonight be your tribute to him.
A streak of small farmer radicalism; how Roscommon voted then and now.
I can’t see how anyone aspiring to get elected here can do it without tapping into the farming vote.
All the heritage sites in Roscommon I’ve never visited, and rectifying that in 2020.
Maybe if we go and visit these places, we might get a bit better at selling Roscommon – not just to tourists, but to ourselves too
An Irish respect for black lives mattering.
Going to Chicago in my thirties meant that I saw and noticed things that would’ve sailed right past me in my early twenties, namely how much easier life was for a person with white skin.
The bog’s special place in the Irish imagination.
The bog has a special position in the Irish imagination; an otherworldly place that we avoid like the plague as children but Instagram the living daylights out of in adulthood.
Where I write about my first Thanksgiving in America!
The reason for this blog, ostensibly, is to cast an eye on America through the eyes of an outsider, an … More
“What’s going on with #Brexit?” I hear you ask. Here’s my go at an explainer. Put the kettle on.
For decades the Conservative Party (or the Tories as they’re more widely called) have been squabbling about the European Union. The … More
History’s class
In 2019 it’s awful hard not to look around the world and wonder at all that could have been prevented … More
Americans are great for inspiring political rhetoric; it’s time for some of that inspiration craic in Irish politics.
I was watching the Democrat debates on Tuesday night when I came across a Guardian article challenging the portrayal in … More
Immigration. Yeah, I went there.
I think about immigration and race all the time. The traces of those who came before me are everywhere in … More
Land of the free! Home of the brave! Cans of wine! Independence Day 2019 and the stories nations tell themselves
I didn’t buy into the whole sea-to-shining-sea business on Thursday but I was more than happy to participate and be swept up in it. Like a big Yank.
That time the eighth amendment got repealed.
Whatever the result would be the following day, the day of women having fingers wagged at them was gone. And I was glad of that.
Walking in Memphis.
If ever I get worried or angsty at the thoughts of travelling alone, I think of the time I was … More
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