Now, let's focus on how the Irish became Spanish. In our previous article, we discussed how the Irish came to...
Hipster sausages, hipster prices - it's all food for thought. Excuse me dear, I'm hungry tonight. Leopold Bloom, Ulysses. (more…)
A story that will be published in a forthcoming magazine - Saints & Bullshitters. (more…)
Thinking about Gaeilge and self-realization prompted the following reflection. Many years ago, I was asked a make or break question...
This is the story of the troublesome Irish Refugees in Spain. Immigration and refugees are two interlinked concepts that seem...
This may be an unfamiliar recipe for an Irishman's philosophy of teaching, but here it is: Take a well-known airline...
What's in a name? If you stand in any classroom in Madrid, and possibly Spain, a strange thing is happening....
With thanks to Jose Miguel Morales; without his help, this article - Irish students who brought football to northern Spain...
Satori identity. This was an alien concept to me, until I came across Kerouac. Jack Kerouac's book Satori in Paris is...
I live the following quote about Seamus Heaney in Madrid: It was by pressing hard against a pen, and not...
It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... let's go exploring! Calvin & Hobbes (more…)
I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen someone piss on a car in Lavapiés, but it's...
