as regards British isles , Ireland would rather not be lumped in with our colonisers thanks. 

U2 have come out in favour of reproductive rights in Ireland. It’s depressing to read about our struggle as a footnote in an ed sheeran story

Some years ago myself and some travelled from Ireland to a music festival in Berlin in ttemplehof airport. It was fantastic fun. After the festival wrapped up for the night a large contingent trooped off to a club run by one of our own in a basement. Great but not a German in sight, so no language barrier .…

so I was working at my library job fixing dilapidated books. I reach out to grab some sellotape and take a hunk off my knuckle on the serrated part. Stung a bit, annoying. I then used my other non sore hand for the next piece of tape, same bloody thing nice grated knuckle. I'm feeling in need of some sympathy now so I…

Northern Ireland, not Ireland

irish beauty, personality contest called rose of tralee. The winner irish born philadelphia rose is out. This all happened last week,

i have another, perhaps better story. I have a bachelor uncle. He is a butcher and a nightclub ddoorman. He makes sheepskin rugs in his sparetime, has ferrets, diabetes, gout and a bellyfull of Guinness. So Anyway his hunting dog, a beautiful liver and white springer spaniel has puppies, he tells us to come in,…

i grew up in rural Ireland. Not on a farm but we had a field and some outbuildings, near a lot of actual farms. So we kept a few chickens and ducks in the back. It was a relaxed area and nobody would close their gates or lock doors or anything. So anyway neighbouring farmer had two sheep, pretty old, they became…

This 'trend' has started in Dublin now too. On the Ha'penny bridge. I think it's littering, the Ha'penny is a beautiful bridge, and the council are doing their best to cut the locks off as soon as they are put up, in Dublin the locks are then recylced.