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In France, they eat them! In Germany they race them! In Bikini Bottom they keep them as pets, but here in Galway,..... well, we cure warts with them!Yes, imagine having a wet, green, slimey snail…Continue
Tags: cures, dandruff, asthma, waist-coat, dalystown
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ron Redmond May 15, 2015. 3 Replies 1 Like
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Ian O'Doherty makes a fair point in his article in the Irish Independent this week, but misses the real issue. …Continue
Tags: irish, diaspora, independent, Ian, O'Doherty
Posted on January 30, 2018 at 10:30am 1 Comment 4 Likes
This poem was penned after the death of King Charles I, who was beheaded outside Whitehall Palace in London on the afternoon of January 30th, 1649, exactly 368 years ago, today.
"He nothing common did or…
ContinuePosted on January 25, 2017 at 6:30am 6 Comments 8 Likes
When St. Brendan got back from his travels discovering America in a small wooden and leather boat around 564 AD, he wrote a book in Latin, 'Navigatio Brendani' or 'The Voyage of Brendan', which, some 900 years later (1477) convinced Christopher Columbus that there…
Posted on January 7, 2017 at 8:30am 6 Comments 10 Likes
'You look like the wreck of the Hesperus' was a much-used phrase in our house in Loughrea, 20 miles from the sea at Galway Bay. Boys, well you know boys, they never comb their hair, never wash their hands, wear the same clothes forever. . . . You know the…
ContinuePosted on April 3, 2016 at 7:00pm 2 Comments 5 Likes
Boy, we had us a whopping week of celebrations. There isn't a child in the country who can't now recite the Proclamation, nor an adult that cannot name everyone who fought in the GPO in 1916. We can all quote Yeats and Pearse, Connolly and Casement. We can…
Hi, Brian.
Just wanted to take a minute here to welcome you to The Wild Geese. I see you're in Galway, as am I. Great to have you among us.
Hope you've had a look around the site already -- some great articles, discussions, resources, etc. Quite a little blossoming community here, and only bigger things to come!
So are you a lifelong Galwegian? What are your interests as far as "Irishness," as Michael D. calls it?
Welcome aboard, Brian!
~ Ryan
Failte, Brian. Looking forward to learning about your particular Irish passions, and some of your Irish story(ies). Ger
Was just looking around on your personal blog, Brian. Great stuff. Hope you'll share some of your thoughts on the blogs here!
Thank you Brian for that wonderful song ; I remember my Grand-mother/ Mother wanting to listen to it . It brings back fond memories .
The video below - will take you to a book I have dedicated to my Grandmother in particular . The past shapes us and makes us what we are .
Youtube: http://youtu.be/oT0oOa0jx28
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