Illuminations: The Crash at Truskmore Mountain

Illuminations:  The Crash at Truskmore Mountain By: J. Michael Finn As this column has previously noted, Taioseach of Éire (pron: tee-shock), Eamon de Valera maintained a curious kind of neutrality […]

Cleveland Irish: For Whom the Bells Toll

Cleveland Irish: For Whom the Bells Toll By Francis McGarry The bells in Ireland were formerly called crotals, a term that appears to be from the old Irish. The crotals […]

Cleveland Irish: Someone’s Past

Cleveland Irish: Someone’s Past By Francis McGarry My graduate Professor, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, taught me a few things. One was always cut the cards; actually, that was Mr. Dooley. One was […]

Speak Irish: Counting in Irish

Speak Irish: Counting By Bob Carney Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise! Tá súil agam go bhfuil tú go maith.  There are different number systems in Irish, just as there are in English. […]

Donnybrook

Donnybrook By John Myers One Hundredth Anniversary of the violently forced creation of the Six County Statelet known as Northern Ireland (1921-2021) has been “celebrated” by small groups of Unionist […]

Irish Crossword: Towns in Cork and Tipperary

  Irish Crossword Puzzle CLUES: Towns in Cork and Tipperary   ACROSS 1 (C)____________, Co. Tipperary 2 (B)____________, Co. Tipperary 4 (B)_____________, Co. Cork 6 (B)___________, Co. Cork 9 (B)_________, […]