Larry Kirwan of Black 47
Saturday, 11 July 2026

JAMES CONNOLLY & THE WEXFORD LOCKOUT OF 1911

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  Towns change. We leave them one way, and find them so different when we return.   Wexford is a case in point. So many ...
Monday, 29 June 2026

SEND 'EM HOME SWEATIN' - IRISH SHOWBANDS

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  “Send ‘em Home Sweatin’!” was the battle cry of Irish showbands during their rambunctious dancehall reign back in the 1960’s.  Or, as Ben ...
Sunday, 14 June 2026

DRINKIN' IN AMERICA

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 “It’s 6 o’clock and it’s time to rock, and me head is beatin’ like a drum In the cold daylight, I feel like shite, and I can’t remember las...
Wednesday, 3 June 2026

OSPREYS, KNOW-NOTHIN'S, GERRYMANDERING & THE STATE OF THE UNION

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 By the time you read this the Ospreys should have returned to my little patch of the Long Island Sound. However, it’s been a strange year f...
Monday, 18 May 2026

PETE HAMILL - FAREWELL TO ALEXANDRIA

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I had been meaning to visit Egypt for the last 40 years or more, so last month I bit the bullet and went.   No big deal...
Tuesday, 5 May 2026

DO IT NOW!

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 I was recently asked, “What was the best piece of advice you ever received.” Though it was given to me way back in the last century, the ...
Monday, 20 April 2026

TRUMP, YEATS & THE SECOND COMING

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  Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot h...
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