Nell Flaherty’s Drake
This is one of my favorite Irish Rebel songs, full of insults and curses. It was a coded message, the Drake being a reference to Robert Emmet (1778-1803). Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers recorded...
View ArticleA Hurling Player Lives Here
Don’t know the ancient Irish game? It’s a brutal combination of football, soccer, rugby, field hockey, baseball, jai alai and golf, traditionally played without pads or helmets and the best players...
View ArticleSt Patricks Open, The Shannon Irish Pub Berlin
Happy St Patrick’s Day! On Saturday last we had the serious, liturgically approved, thread about the man. Tonight we have a thread about the celebrations of all things Irish. Every St Paddy’s Day, I...
View ArticleErin Go Bleaugh
Gaelic Storm‘s Patrick Murphy tells the tale leading up to the classic Irish traditional song “The Night I Punched Russell Crowe In The Head” which, in my opinion, is an appropriate way to wrap up St....
View ArticleCeltic Round Hounds
Dogs o’ War they be. Irish Wolfhounds were used as weapons, as they could take a man off his horse for killing by others. Celtic dogs are also regarded as good luck as they were the protectors of...
View ArticleDraft
What a week. Everyone’s cat puked, everyone’s dog crapped where it shouldn’t have, everyone’s dinner got burnt at least once, ants are looking for water in the bathrooms, one of your friends or...
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