Akron Irish: Be Quiet
Akron Irish: Be Quiet By Lisa O’Rourke As longtime students of the Irish language, my fellow language friends and I were over the moon to hear that there was a […]
Banshee, Capiche? Akron Irish
Akron Irish: The Banshees of Inisherin: Banshee, Capiche? By Lisa O’Rourke The sight of a man strolling down a lane way, along a glorious beach cliff, with no less than a […]
Akron Irish: Actually Gobshites
Akron Irish: Actually By Lisa O’Rourke Looking back at last year, already Christmas is in the rearview mirror. The changing of the year is arbitrary, man made, but, just like […]
Akron Irish: The Thing with Feathers
Akron Irish: The Thing with Feathers By Lisa O’Rourke “What is Irish Alzheimer’s? You forget everything but the grudges,” goes the clichéd joke. The image of that Irishman is easy […]
Akron Irish: Very Merry
Akron Irish: Very Merry By Lisa O’Rourke One of the constructs that is distinctive and unique to the human brain is the ability to imagine a story. We can imagine […]
Small Things: Akron Irish
Akron Irish: Small Things By Lisa O’Rourke A few weeks ago, a friend sent me a seanfhocal (shanukul), that is the Irish word for a proverb. Sometimes the metaphors for […]
Akron Irish: The Garner Heist
Akron Irish: The Gardner Heist By Lisa O’Rourke Over thirty years ago, a legendary theft occurred when millions of dollars’ worth of artwork disappeared from the Isabella Gardner Museum in […]
Boston’s Southie Snapshot: Akron Irish
Akron Irish: Southie Snapshot By Lisa O’Rourke Every trip to Boston is a trip to Southie for me, the Irish center of an Irish city. Our son lives there and […]
Really Knotted – Akron Irish
Akron Irish: Really Knotted By Lisa O’Rourke It can be hard to get up from under the duvet of expectations that blanket you when a family member is getting married. […]
Akron Irish: Irish Boxing with Lisa, Lisa, Lisa!
Akron Irish: Irish Boxing with Lisa, Lisa, Lisa By Lisa O’Rourke I often wonder how I ended up in such a sporty family. When I go to sporting events, I […]
