Author Archives: chrisarmagh

The Shadow of a Gunman was a thrilling experience. The frantic movement, the boistrous voices, and the audio aid helped the play in ways only a play could do, but there’s a couple things I’d like to say. During our … Continue reading →

Dublin has exceeded my expectations, to be honest. It’s a weird feeling, because when I first saw a few locations, I thought “this looks just like a movie.” It’s a lot different from Armagh, but still plenty different from America, … Continue reading →

During my time here in Ireland, there’s been a couple things that have stuck to me. First and foremost is Armagh’s sense of community, and (I presume) importance of family and religion. I say this because everyone and everything opens … Continue reading →

From the treeline strode a man. Exhaustion is no thing to a furious man, and he was far from calm. A cascade of rain and lightning fell around him, as it always fell around him. The Great Storm is thought … Continue reading →

Strong accents. Sunsets at midnight. Such huge hills in the middle of town. Everything but pubs and Dominos closing at 8 or 9. I expected the first one, but the others came from nowhere. Ireland is an odd place, different … Continue reading →

Vikings are a nomadic people, and of course any European nation anywhere near Scandinavia would had at least felt it, so Ireland was due for an obligatory Viking raid. What is surprising, though, is how, after they sacked a few … Continue reading →

Coming in, I never really heard of Armagh. Dublin, Belfast, heard of those, those are two places that are big. I hadn’t considered Armagh being a city, I had assumed it was had the town-ship feel within the space of … Continue reading →