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Adam and the Green Isle
I remember sitting quietly amongst the chatter. I remember the swing of my pink booted feet to the rhythm of my new uncle’s cackling accent. I kept my fingers busy by making boxes around the stray liquid that sloshed from … Continue reading
St. Paulus
As I looked up at the saints that guard the entrance to St. Patrick’s cathedral, I noticed the name of St. Paulus (or Saul of Tarsus), engraved upon this armed man here. I suppose that, in terms of difference and … Continue reading
Opponents on the Hill
The two cathedrals that tower over Armagh sit on opposite sides of the city, each one staring at the other viciously. They are opponents on the hills of Ireland—but they seem to forget that they venerate the same God.
Casting for Dancing at Lughnasa
Here is the casting for our reading on Thursday. Please read the play and review your roles. Look up any terms or words you do not understand. Michael Older – Jeffrey Boy/Michael Younger – Carolyn Chris – Bryonna Maggie – … Continue reading
You can’t make an omelette – the story so far
Three dozen yokes smashed, boiled, scrambled, poached, the afters neatly stacked like layer cake in card rows, albumen glistening with the dew in the soon to be storm. No rumbles yet, the hill has yet to be climbed, the tree … Continue reading
The Third Man
Malachi noted yesterday that creativity springs from chaos. Today Kimberley told us about this quote from The Third Man, which seemed extremely apt: Don’t be so gloomy. After all it’s not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for … Continue reading
Soyer’s Sultana’s Sauce
During the Irish Famine, British Prime Minister Lord Russell asked French Victorian celebrity chef Alexis Soyer to implement his idea of a soup kitchen in Dublin. He did and fed over 5,000 famine victims daily, but he charged the rich … Continue reading
Early gender equality in Ireland
We’ve learned a lot of Irish history over our first few days here, but the fact that has most stuck out to me is that since the early ages, women have been able to do everything that men can. Women … Continue reading
Vikings, Knights, where’s the Samurai?
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
A Cafe Conversation
We were assigned to eavesdrop on the citizens of Armagh, procuring conversations to inform our brain organs on the distinctive vocal landscape of Northern Irish society. For your pleasure, here is my entry: “Hello?… Hello?… Hello?…… Hello? Think she’s hung … Continue reading
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