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Category Archive: Dublin

Dalkey Tale: My Mother and Michael Collins

My mother was born in the middle of a gun battle. A cold January night at the height […]

February 18, 2017 Dublin, History, Ireland, Spender

First Night Nerves

It was inevitable there would be a few nerves. After two and a half years of hard work, […]

November 8, 2016 Culture, Dublin, Film, Greece, Running, Spartathlon, Sport, Trinity College

Book Review: The Final Whistle

Sports writing – and rugby in particular – has been guilty over the years of overborrowing phrases or […]

September 24, 2013 Belgium, Book reviews, Books, Culture, Dublin, France, History, Olympics, Rugby union, Sport

“So, er, do you like poetry?”

My children refuse to believe that there was a time before mobile phones and the internet. “Was it […]

September 3, 2013 Books, Culture, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College

Ballad of the Lost Weekend

I am told there are people who travel to Six Nations games for the rugby. I cannot be […]

January 29, 2013 Boozing, Dublin, France, Ireland, Rugby union, Sport, Trinity College

Umpire of the sun squints at 20-20 vision

Cricket’s T20 World Cup gets underway this week in Sri Lanka. Twelve teams battering the ball halfway to […]

September 18, 2012 Cricket, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College
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