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Every personal blog needs a photo of a cat. Here’s our cat, Trixie
This weekend is the Shanty and Seafaring Festival. This is a group of Dutch Shanty singers. They were being watched by a group of Italian Shanty fans. It’s a whole world I never knew existed until I accidentally ended up in Rosses Point in Sligo last night before giving a lecture today. As I was heading to […]
Readings, Éigse (Taken with Instagram)
Bee Happy, one of the pop up shops opened as part of Éigse. (Taken with Instagram)
A huge crowd at Ireland’s first 5×15 event at Éigse (Taken with Instagram)
John Banville reading at Hay House festival as part of Éigse (Taken with Instagram)
I love all the Euro 2012 promotions out at the moment. They all seem to go along the lines of “if Ireland win…we’ll give you your money back.” It’s great to see that businesses have so much confidence in the Irish team that they’re willing to take such risks!
I fulfilled a dream that I didn’t realise I ever had by working as a car parking attendant for the Meath vs Wicklow match. It required asking people for 4 euro and telling them to enjoy the match. It also involved saying things like “grand day for it.”