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Double-Justified: Gaeilge & Self-Realization

By María Correas on December 12, 2018 • ( 5 Comments )

Many years ago, I was asked a make or break question at the end of an interview. It was for what was to be my first language teaching job.

The Troublesome Irish Refugees in Spain

By Enda Kenneally on December 7, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

This is the story of the troublesome Irish Refugees in Spain. Immigration and refugees are two interlinked concepts that seem unmistakably modern.

The Troublesome Irish in Spain

By Enda Kenneally on December 7, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Immigration and refugees are two interlinked concepts that seem unmistakably modern.

An Irishman’s Philosophy of Teaching in Madrid

By Enda Kenneally on December 1, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Take a well-known airline brand, well-attired air hostesses, confident and famous footballers, and mix them together. The result is a clever and inspired promotional video.

What’s In A Name?

By Enda Kenneally on November 22, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

If you stand in any classroom in Madrid, and possibly Spain, a strange thing is happening.

Talking Terraces: The Best 3 Spots in Madrid

By Enda Kenneally on November 20, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

The terrace culture is Madrid.

The Irish Students Who Brought Football to Northern Spain

By Enda Kenneally on November 16, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )
Irish students football

With thanks to Jose Miguel Morales; without his help, this article wouldn’t have been possible.

Satori Identity Explorer/What I learned about travelling from Jack Kerouac

By Enda Kenneally on November 15, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )
Jack Kerouac

Satori identity. This was an alien concept to me, until I came across Kerouac. Jack Kerouac’s book Satori in Paris is a tangled mess of ideas, references and internalized in-jokes, which is to […]

Satori: Identity Explorer/What I learned about travelling from Jack Kerouac

By Enda Kenneally on November 15, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )
Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s book Satori in Paris is a tangled mess of ideas, references and internalized in-jokes, which is to say, in-jokes he shares with himself, rather than with a drinking buddy or cabal of […]

Summer 1969: Seamus Heaney in Madrid

By María Correas on November 9, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )
Seamus Heaney in Madrid

It was by pressing hard against a pen, and not guitar strings, that his fingers bled.

Surreal Ideas & Irish Stories in Madrid

By Enda Kenneally on November 7, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )
Irish Stories in Madrid

It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy… let’s go exploring! Calvin & Hobbes

Lavapiés Stories: Home to You and Me

By Enda Kenneally on November 3, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen someone piss on a car in Lavapiés, but it’s another yarn in a list of Lavapiés stories. This wash feet barrio […]

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