Tag: Eejit Abroad
An Eejit Abroad: I Didn’t Order a Milk
An Eejit Abroad: I Didn’t Order a Milk By Conor Makem People ask me all the time, “Is sleeping on the sidewalk outside a busy train station as wonderful as […]
An Eejit Abroad: My Father’s Last Trip to Ireland
An Eejit Abroad: My Father’s Last Trip to Ireland By Conor Makem “I’m afraid this is expired.” This was July 2007, and the Aer Lingus agent was holding my father’s […]
A Few of My Favorite Things: An Eejit Abroad
An Eejit Abroad: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things By Conor Makem It would be no surprise to Ohio Irish American News readers that I’m a considerable enthusiast […]
An Eejit Abroad: A Woman from Bandit Country
An Eejit Abroad: A Woman from Bandit Country By Conor Makem I never knew my grandparents on my mother’s side, but my father’s parents, Peter and Sarah Makem, left an […]
An Eejit Abroad: Newgrange: Ireland’s Neolithic Gem
An Eejit Abroad: Newgrange: Ireland’s Neolithic Gem By Conor Makem My father never forced anything down our throats, but if there was one thing that came close, it was the […]
An Eejit Abroad: Someone Needs to Put a Stop to the Madness
An Eejit Abroad: Someone Needs to Put a Stop to the Madness By Conor Makem I think it’s high time this festering American wound was brought into the sunlight. To […]
An Eejit Abroad: Gray Matter Travel Restrictions
An Eejit Abroad: Gray Matter Travel Restrictions By Conor Makem ‘That’s the smell of Ireland,” I said to myself as I hauled plastic bags out of the grocery store one […]
An Eejit Abroad: Let’s Talk About Grub / On This Day in Irish History
An Eejit Abroad: Let’s Talk About Grub By Conor Makem We at the Ohio Irish American News want to help you plan your next trip over to the auld sod, […]