By Brian McGowan
By Brian McGowan Listen to enough Irish ballads and soon enough you will run across a seemingly favorite date for songsters to reference, and that date is “The 23rd of June.” At least a few songs immediately come to mind:
Read MoreBy Brian McGowan We return again to music as our theme. The harp – cláirseach in Irish – is a musical instrument immediately and passionately identified with Ireland and the Irish as no other in the world. It appears on
Read MoreWe just passed a milestone in Ireland’s history that probably went unnoticed by most. It didn’t escape my notice, and compelled me to display again the Irish flag outside my house, displacing only temporarily the U.S. flag that flies there
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