Peter O’Connor’s silver medal has largely been forgotten, but his 1906 triumph represented the Olympic games at its best. O’Connor won silver in the long jump event, and he was widely expected […]
Peter O’Connor’s Silver Medal: A Forgotten Olympian
Fashionable Quotes! Our Irish Writers Merchandise
Learning Irish in Madrid with Pop-Up Gaeilge
I went back looking for my lost language.
Countess Lola Montez: The Irish Fraud, Dancer & Radical
Lola Montez, who was born as Eliza Gilbert, ran away from Ireland and reinvented herself as Spanish dancer of royal origin. This is her remarkable story.
Interview with Irish Celtic – Spirit of Ireland: Wavy Arms, Fake Whiskey
We were lucky enough to interview Irish Celtic – Spirit of Ireland and see their awesome show.
Irish Celtic – Spirit of Ireland: Wavy Arms, Fake Whiskey & An Interview
We were lucky enough to interview Irish Celtic – Spirit of Ireland and see their awesome show.
A gasp followed by a gulp – A Poem
Melancholic Celts surrounded by happy Spanish people… ah, it’ll be grand.
Oaths of a Strange Language: Translating Riders to the Sea into Spanish
A little known play set in a far flung corner of Ireland had a profound effect on my senses and on my relationship with my interior and exterior worlds.
I am Alone & Abandoned on St. Patrick’s Day
I feel alone and abandoned because a sense of Irish culture is absent from Madrid.
Outer & Inner worlds: The Irishman and Spaniard who invented the Submarine
An Irishman and a Spanish man, in very different yet comparable circumstances, both invented something revolutionary. This is the story of the Irishman and Spaniard who invented the submarine.
An Irishman Playing the Alboka: Irish & Basque Music
The amazing connection between Basque and Irish music
Irish Men Can’t Jump (Apart from Pat Burke)
The half-cracked comedian Tommy Tiernan has a routine about Irish people popping up everywhere.
Irish Slice of Madrid 