Zachary Lazar's "Sway": Book Review "They're trying to be serious and sarcastic at the same time, emotional but also ...

Theocracies & Realities Fifteen years ago, reading about Ireland, Israel, and Tibet, I entertained at least myself with my own musings a...

My article on Horslips! Here's the abstract for "Horslips in Irish Musical and Literary Culture," in the peer-reviewed online ...

Condé Nast Traveller Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Book Review The previous two reviewers [on Amazon US, where I posted this review today]...

Gaeilge ag claiseach. Tá Gaelport.com go bhfuil ag fhoilsiú dhá alt faoí an sláinte Ghaeilge an seachtain seo caite. Aríst, scríobhann Manch...

Media Mistakes in Irish, part two. I link to Manchán Magan's website here and have reviewed his two travelogues in English, so his arti...

Proto Indo-European origins: a new book I have just ordered this, a must-read for me. I'm no linguist, as my attempts in writing Irish o...

Irish slang in San Francisco Lee Templeton's e-mail on this, in a promotion also about the SF Irish Music festival for some reason held ...

An gairdín ansiud. Is garraí beag in aice leis teach againn. Tá sé ag líonadh leis blathannaí buí bídeach. Dúisíonn siad go fíanta. Anois, t...

There Are Hundreds Of Paths Up The Mountain There are hundreds of paths up the mountain, all leading in the same direction, so it doesn'...

This collective biography spans about six generations responsible for, one from the fifth generation tells us, about 180 books-- quite an av...

Carlsberg, Gaeilge, Cats, Nymphs: Anthony Munnelly, who blogs as An Spailpin Fánach, contributed this article to the Irish Times....I guess ...

10 Stages of a Punk Band's Career Lee Templeton forwarded this from The Guireans' correspondence to her from their sun-challenged co...

Scríobh Pól Ó Muirí faoí "Thar Sáile" Chuir Ciara orm post nua le Pól Ó Muirí, "Thar Sáile." Deir sé faoí go bhfuil muid...

Janet Davies' "A Pocket Guide to the Welsh Language": Book Review This little guide's only 125 pages of text, but packs an...