It must be Friday…

Galway Macnas Parade
so yes, the Paddy’s Day Parade has come and gone, and when might we see another? Having received less Arts Council funding than they anticipated, Macnas understandably intend to focus all this year’s artistic and financial attention on their Halloween parade, and every Galwegian will look forward to that with glee.

Double Vision Loss of Rural Irish Pub

“When I lived in Connemara, I used to frequent (the old) Keogh’s pub in Ballyconneely. I was green back then, and by that I don’t mean pure unadulterated paddy: I mean that, as an Englishman new to an Irish village, I smiled a lot, kept my head down, myself to myself (with the notable exception … Read more

New Double Vision Up…

valentines day cartoon
“I love my woman. She loves me. She knows it and I know it and lots of other people know it too.
Sometimes quite out of the blue I become burdened in the chest region, and I have to tell her I love her. Sometimes it’s when leaving or returning from overseas; after joyous acts of kindness; intimate moments… there is no definitive list.
“The point is that there are certain moments when saying ‘I love you’ is perfect, and there are an infinite amount of other times when it is pointless.”