Tag: Tipperary
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Tombstones Against The Sky
I would never proclaim to be a big Pogues fan, but I appreciate the impact and contribution Shane and company made to Celtic, folk, punk, and music, all around. Shane Macgowan, would have celebrated his 66th birthday this past Monday, though he passed on last month after receiving treatment for an infection, and subsequently dying…
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Corned Beef and Cabbage
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a big deal for me. It’s always been that way. A combined celebration, one of ancestry and heritage directly followed by my birthday. A one-two punch. I was almost named Patrick. I like Sean better. I used to go on a proper tear, I might have a touch but it’s…
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Cathal Muhe
-Queens Boulevard, 2004 He forced his very own metaphorical boulder across a boulevard associated with death. He always found it amusing to liken himself to the mythological Sisyphus, though he was no ruler of Corinth, no ruler of anything, nor was he Greek. He didn’t need Tartarus to hand out a sentence. He punished himself for the misdeeds…
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNA analysis caught my curiosity immediately, as genealogy always seemed fascinating to me and though I understand most people’s apprehension to home DNA kits, after much consideration I said, fuck it. For me, and I can only speak for myself here, most of my life I had been told things that simply were not true,…
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Dart Etiquette – Ch. 35
I eagerly boarded my flight with heavy eyelids. In a few hours I’d be in Dublin, on Irish soil for the first time, then shortly after, an hour and fifteen minutes to be precise, I’d be in Thurles. The very place my ancestors started all of their bad habits. I was anxious, but then again…
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Dart Etiquette – Ch. 29
Once in a while something had to go your way. It couldn’t be all shit all the time. I mean it could but for once we caught a break. We had found our opening. When you’re presented with a chance, a small window to take action, should you take it? Of course, you should. You’re not…
