Larry Kirwan of Black 47
Monday, 21 August 2017

Tramore and the Feast of the Assumption

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How many children could fit in the back seat of a battered, blue Morris Minor? Five of us, though it seemed we had enoug...
Saturday, 12 August 2017

Radio Dreams

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I’ve always loved radio. I can still recall the old cloth-covered Siemens that my grandfather set up next to my bed back...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Ireland and Irish-America

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Ireland and Irish-America are drifting apart. The links between the two countries remain strong but the dearth of Irish ...
Monday, 10 July 2017

A Hymn to Blarney Stones

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Does anyone miss the old Blarney Stones? They were all over Manhattan when I first hit New York in the 1970’s. I don...
Saturday, 24 June 2017

Russian Roulette

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Elections have consequences! Think how different the world would have been if George W Bush had lost that presidential s...
Sunday, 11 June 2017

News and Views from my local

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President Trump should be catnip for a columnist with an interest in politics. Problem is – I write for a weekly and wit...
Monday, 29 May 2017

Memorial Day Weekend

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For twenty years I knew exactly where I was going to be on Memorial Day Weekend.   This was highly unusual for Black 47 ...
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