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Dungarvan Days

Europe
We recently spent a month in a coastal town in Waterford County in south-eastern Ireland that is divided into two parts: Dungarvan and Abbeyside,...
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A Whirlwind Tour of Waterford

Europe
A few weeks ago we moved house from Dublin to Dungarvan. The journey was divided in three discrete stages: a train to Waterford, a...
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The Battle of Clontarf Heritage Trail

History
A couple of weeks ago I set out on a coastal run little suspecting that it would be paved with the storied bones of...
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Would You Like to Go to Phoenix Park?

History
Thunder and lightning is no larkWhen Dublin City is in the dark.So if you have any money go up to the parkAnd view the...
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Me and You and SARS-CoV-2: A Year in Review

History
Historians will look back at 2020 with the same fascination as arborists looking at one of those tree-ring anomalies that signal something cataclysmic—a wildfire,...
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Running Away from Newtownards

History
We've been having an unsettled week here in Northern Ireland. The house we booked for December turned out to have an intractable internet problem...
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Curses on Vases: Illustrated Agamemnon

Ancient
The House of Atreus is cursed. I have been making my way through Louis MacNeice's 1939 translation of Aeschylus' Agamemnon, which is sometimes tough...
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MacNeice in Ireland: A Prism of Delight & Pain

History
Until recently, I knew three things about Louis MacNeice (1907-1963): that he was from Ireland, that he was friends with Auden and that he...
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The DeLorean in Dunmurry

History
I’ve been wondering about the DeLorean for a couple of months because this space-aged car of stainless steel played a big (albeit brief) part...
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Risking a Trip to Titanic Belfast

History
It seems kind of weird that Belfast would capitalize on its links to a terrible shipping disaster, but that’s what it has gone and...
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Walls and Peace in Belfast

History
Yesterday we went on a taxi tour of the murals of Belfast. Our guide was clearly a tough customer. About fifty but wiry and spry,...
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All Toes on the Towpath

History
Belfast is a surprisingly wonderful city for running, with no shortage of greenways, parks and riverbank trails. My favorite place for long weekend runs...
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