I’m a little late posting these pictures, but better late than never, right? My friend Todd and I took a quick weekend jaunt across the Irish Sea to the United Kingdom and London. The story about getting there and back is one all by itself. Most Americans probably didn’t hear, but last week Ireland had [...]
So yesterday, most of the Irish civil service, including professors at this university, went on a one-day strike in protest of their expected pay cut. I wrote about this on the Corner at NRO: The strike includes, as I found out in class yesterday, university faculty at all of Ireland’s public universities. Here at the [...]
What kind of man can become a radical Muslim and jihadist? Apparently, even a middle-class Catholic from Dublin can enlist as a Soldier of Allah. A story in the Sunday Times featured Khalid Kelly, formerly known as Terry and a native of the Liberties district of Dublin. According to reporter Nicola Smith, Kelly grew up [...]
So I got an e-mail from the president of NUIG, addressed to the whole student body, to talk about “anti-social behaviour.” While that term usually means some sort of loner behavior, here it mainly means drunken debauchery and vandalism. This is not that uncommon at an Irish university, and Galway is no different, hence the [...]
I suppose it’s fitting on this Halloween night in for me to update everyone on my trip last weekend to Cork for the Cork Jazz Festival. IFSA-Butler, our study abroad company, picked us up on Friday morning in a nice big coach. We rode down to Limerick, where we picked up the group of students [...]
So the last two weeks have been a bit hectic for me. Lots of assignments at school (yes, I do go to class now and then) plus a trip to Paris last weekend are my excuses for my lack of blogging. But fear not, more blogging here on the American Rover will commence. To start, [...]
GALWAY, Ireland — For an American in Ireland, “name hunting” is a bit like going to a party where you don’t know anyone. You walk around aimlessly, asking folks if they’ve seen the acquaintance who invited you. It’s all increasingly awkward, and you get the feeling everyone’s starting to get a little annoyed with this [...]
GALWAY, Ireland – Every night at Tigh Coili, three to five musicians take their place in the cozy front corner of the pub. A fiddle-shaped table sits in front of the musicians, usually littered with beer glasses. The ever-present crowd is loud and talkative, creating a din that often overpowers the acoustic instruments. Traditional Irish [...]
Well, the votes from yesterday’s referendum are in. Ireland has voted for the Lisbon Treaty, leaving only two EU nations (Poland and the Czech Republic) who have yet to ratify this European constitution of sorts. Taoiseach Brian Cowen: “The Irish people have spoken with a clear and resounding voice,” Mr Cowen said in a brief [...]
Today’s voting day here in the Republic. The rest of Europe will be watching this Lisbon Treaty referendum very closely. Here was my report from last month’s Torch, along with my opinion and a much more thorough take-down of Lisbon here by Paul Belien. Belien makes several terrific points about the EU’s tendency to hassle [...]
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