Article Index
A Time Machine
Whatever it is, the ultimate despair or joy, it's an experience not to forget for a very, very long time
Author: Edward Porper
A Renaissance Artist
What started as an attempt to learn more about the pub music culture, turned into a kind of a quest for the Holiest of all Grails, to wit: Talent and Beauty
Author: Edward Porper
In Search For Meaning
Pubs have been around for what seems like forever (the oldest pub in Dublin opened - or should I say “was founded”?! - in the 10th century AD!)
Author: Edward Porper
The Rain In Spain
It's the “Spain” part/Spanish flavour that makes Galway truly unique - so much so that many would consider the town “more Spanish than Irish”.
Author: Edward Porper
"Go West, Young Man"
The farther down the Wild Atlantic Way and the closer to the Sun's “overnight hotel”, the more dominant Queen Nature becomes.
Author: Edward Porper
Dances With Sheep
As it infrequently happens, it was that appetizer that turned into the meal of the day.
Author: Edward Porper
By George!
Most of what had been built during those 116 years, came to be known as “Georgian houses” that in turn formed “Georgian Quarters”. In a relatively small town, such a quarter might easily account for a significant part of the town centre
Author: Edward Porper
The Art Of Squeezing
Little Museum of Dublin, whose very name implies that it must have perfected the Fine Art of Squeezing necessary to exhibit a variety of objects in but little space
Author: Edward Porper
Children Of The North Wind
In 795 a raiding party found itself at a point where two rivers met and created a tidal pool. The churning water looked black - so, the party leader called the place “black pool”, or “dubh lynn”
Author: Edward Porper