Irish Musicians
U2
Formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1976, U2 is an internationally renowned rock band. The famous members of U2 are Bono on vocals and guitar, the Edge on guitar, keyboards, and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass guitar, and Larry Mullen, Jr., on drums. One of the most commercially and critically successful musical groups in the world, U2 have sold more than 150 million copies of their twelve studio albums. They have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band. U2 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. They are also well-known for their philanthropic work.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! Be safe and get lots of candy!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Irish Thought for October 30...
Irish Etymology
Brogue
Perhaps from the rough, stout shoe worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders called a broce. Or perhaps from the Irish barrog, meaning "a hold," particularly of the tongue.
Brogue
Perhaps from the rough, stout shoe worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders called a broce. Or perhaps from the Irish barrog, meaning "a hold," particularly of the tongue.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Irish Thought for October 29...
Irish Writers
Patrick O'Brian
Although he was born Richard Patrick Russ in England, O'Brian encouraged the notion that he was Irish, and he died in Dublin in 2000. He is best known for his well-researched Aubrey-Maturin series of naval novels set during the Napoleonic Wars, which focus on the adventures and friendship of an English Captain Jack Aubrey and Irish Dr. Stephen Maturin. His novel The Far Side of the World was the basis for the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, although it also draws on incidents from several of the Aubrey-Maturin books.
Patrick O'Brian
Although he was born Richard Patrick Russ in England, O'Brian encouraged the notion that he was Irish, and he died in Dublin in 2000. He is best known for his well-researched Aubrey-Maturin series of naval novels set during the Napoleonic Wars, which focus on the adventures and friendship of an English Captain Jack Aubrey and Irish Dr. Stephen Maturin. His novel The Far Side of the World was the basis for the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, although it also draws on incidents from several of the Aubrey-Maturin books.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Irish Thought for October 28...
Irish Blessings
May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door.
May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Irish Thought for October 27...
Irish Proverbs
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord AND it makes you miss him.
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord AND it makes you miss him.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Irish Thought for October 26...
Limericks!
There was an Old Man who supposed,
That the street door was partially closed;
But some very large rats,
Ate his coats and his hats,
While that futile old gentleman dozed.
There was an Old Man who supposed,
That the street door was partially closed;
But some very large rats,
Ate his coats and his hats,
While that futile old gentleman dozed.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Irish Thought for October 25...
Irish Toasts
Here's to it and for it and do it again.
For those that to it
and refuse to do it,
may never get to it
to go it again.
I had to think about that toast for a few moments before I thought I understood what was being said.
Here's to it and for it and do it again.
For those that to it
and refuse to do it,
may never get to it
to go it again.
I had to think about that toast for a few moments before I thought I understood what was being said.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Irish Thought for October 24...
Quotations
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.
-Alex Levine
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.
-Alex Levine
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Irish Thought for October 23...
Irish-American Celebrities
Conan O'Brien
The television host and comedy writer Conan O'Brien started his career writing for the television series Not Necessarily the News, Saturday Night Live, and The Simpsons. In 1993, he was chosen to host the comedic talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where he gained acclaim until 2009, when he jumped over to the ill-fated and short-lived The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. He is now the host of the talk show Conan.
Conan O'Brien
The television host and comedy writer Conan O'Brien started his career writing for the television series Not Necessarily the News, Saturday Night Live, and The Simpsons. In 1993, he was chosen to host the comedic talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where he gained acclaim until 2009, when he jumped over to the ill-fated and short-lived The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. He is now the host of the talk show Conan.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Irish Thought for October 22...
Irish Folklore
Glas Gaivlen
A sacred, fairy cow that appears to mortals on May Day to bring good fortune to farmers whose fields they cross, the Glas Gaivlen is usually described as milk-white, studded with spots of bright green. In whichever fields she walks on, the crops are more bountiful, with larger potatoes and sweeter grass. Sometimes it is suggested that the Glas Gaivlen resides in the sea for the res of the year.
Glas Gaivlen
A sacred, fairy cow that appears to mortals on May Day to bring good fortune to farmers whose fields they cross, the Glas Gaivlen is usually described as milk-white, studded with spots of bright green. In whichever fields she walks on, the crops are more bountiful, with larger potatoes and sweeter grass. Sometimes it is suggested that the Glas Gaivlen resides in the sea for the res of the year.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Irish Thought for October 21...
Irish Writers
Samuel Beckett
Born in Dublin, Samuel Beckett, widely regarded as one of the most important writers of the 20th century, was an avant-garde dramatist, novelist, and poet, perhaps best known for his play Waiting for Godot. He is often considered one of the last modernists, and sometimes as a postmodernist pioneer due to his minimalist and absurdist influence on subsequent writers. In 1969, Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Samuel Beckett
Born in Dublin, Samuel Beckett, widely regarded as one of the most important writers of the 20th century, was an avant-garde dramatist, novelist, and poet, perhaps best known for his play Waiting for Godot. He is often considered one of the last modernists, and sometimes as a postmodernist pioneer due to his minimalist and absurdist influence on subsequent writers. In 1969, Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Irish Thought for October 20...
Irish Curses
Lord, confound this surly sister,
blight her brow with blotch and blister,
cramp her larynx, lung, and liver,
and in her guts a paining give her.
Lord, confound this surly sister,
blight her brow with blotch and blister,
cramp her larynx, lung, and liver,
and in her guts a paining give her.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Irish Thought for October 19...
Irish-American Movies
Finian's Rainbow
In this musical, an Irishman named Finian (Fred Astaire) arrives with his daughter Sharon (Petula Clark) in a small Southern tobacco town in fictional Missitucky where Finian has big plans for his stolen pot of gold. Unfortunately, the pair are followed by the leprechaun whose gold they stole. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
I love this movie. I have the movie and the soundtrack. The story mixes so many important themes while having some fun at the same time. The fun part is the leprechaun, Og, who is in the process of turning mortal due to his pot of gold being stolen (or borrowed as Finian puts it). The best part about this movie is that I enjoyed the fun parts, jokes singing, and dancing when I was young, but then I grew to see more value and depth within the movie as I grew older and learned more of the world and history.
Finian's Rainbow
In this musical, an Irishman named Finian (Fred Astaire) arrives with his daughter Sharon (Petula Clark) in a small Southern tobacco town in fictional Missitucky where Finian has big plans for his stolen pot of gold. Unfortunately, the pair are followed by the leprechaun whose gold they stole. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
I love this movie. I have the movie and the soundtrack. The story mixes so many important themes while having some fun at the same time. The fun part is the leprechaun, Og, who is in the process of turning mortal due to his pot of gold being stolen (or borrowed as Finian puts it). The best part about this movie is that I enjoyed the fun parts, jokes singing, and dancing when I was young, but then I grew to see more value and depth within the movie as I grew older and learned more of the world and history.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Irish Thought for October 18...
Irish Food
Drisheen
A type of black pudding, drisheen is made from a bend of animal blood (from a cow, pig, or sheep), milk, salt, fat, herbs, and breadcrumbs, stuffed into animal membrane casings like horseshoes. Although the delicacy is cooked as a sausage, drisheen is often fried again after slicing. The exact recipe varies widely from region to region.
Uhm, that does not sound too appealing to me!
Drisheen
A type of black pudding, drisheen is made from a bend of animal blood (from a cow, pig, or sheep), milk, salt, fat, herbs, and breadcrumbs, stuffed into animal membrane casings like horseshoes. Although the delicacy is cooked as a sausage, drisheen is often fried again after slicing. The exact recipe varies widely from region to region.
Uhm, that does not sound too appealing to me!
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Irish Thought for October 16...
Irish Trivia
Sometime between A.D. 512 and 530, an Irish monk named Brendan of Clonfert, now one of the most popular Irish saints, set out of a sailing quest to the "Isle of the Blessed." Although the truth of Saint Brendan's travels is shrouded in legend, it is sometimes suggested that he discovered America nearly, 1,000 years before Columbus' voyage.
Sometime between A.D. 512 and 530, an Irish monk named Brendan of Clonfert, now one of the most popular Irish saints, set out of a sailing quest to the "Isle of the Blessed." Although the truth of Saint Brendan's travels is shrouded in legend, it is sometimes suggested that he discovered America nearly, 1,000 years before Columbus' voyage.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Irish Thought for October 15...
Irish-American Heroes
At the Alamo, as many as 12 of the defenders who were slain could claim Irish ancestry, among them folk hero Davy Crockett.
At the Alamo, as many as 12 of the defenders who were slain could claim Irish ancestry, among them folk hero Davy Crockett.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Irish Thought for October 14...
Irish Food
Irish Breakfast
An Irish breakfast is a large, hearty morning feast generally featuring bacon rashers, sausages, fried eggs, toast (potato bread or soda bread), white pudding and black pudding, sauteed sliced potato, fried tomato, and sauteed mushrooms. The popularity of the traditional liver that accompanied an Irish breakfast has declined. To was down all of that food, a strong breakfast tea may be necessary.
Irish Breakfast
An Irish breakfast is a large, hearty morning feast generally featuring bacon rashers, sausages, fried eggs, toast (potato bread or soda bread), white pudding and black pudding, sauteed sliced potato, fried tomato, and sauteed mushrooms. The popularity of the traditional liver that accompanied an Irish breakfast has declined. To was down all of that food, a strong breakfast tea may be necessary.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Irish Thought for October 13...
Irish-American Facts
The annual celebration of Saint Patrick's Day may be the most widely recognized symbol of the Irish presence in America. In cities throughout the United States, this traditional Irish religious holiday becomes an opportunity to celebrate all things Irish, or things believed to be Irish. The largest celebration of the holiday takes place in New York, where the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade draws an average of two million people. The second-largest celebration is held in Boston. The South Boston Parade is one of the nation's oldest, dating back to 1737. Savannah also holds one of the largest parades in the United States.
The annual celebration of Saint Patrick's Day may be the most widely recognized symbol of the Irish presence in America. In cities throughout the United States, this traditional Irish religious holiday becomes an opportunity to celebrate all things Irish, or things believed to be Irish. The largest celebration of the holiday takes place in New York, where the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade draws an average of two million people. The second-largest celebration is held in Boston. The South Boston Parade is one of the nation's oldest, dating back to 1737. Savannah also holds one of the largest parades in the United States.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Irish Thought for October 12...
Irish Blessings
May the doctor never earn a pound out of you. (nor have to take some pounds off of you!)
May the doctor never earn a pound out of you. (nor have to take some pounds off of you!)
Friday, October 11, 2013
Irish Thought for October 11...
Limericks!
There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
Who bought a large bonnet for walking;
But its color and size,
So bedazzled her eyes,
That she very soon went back to Dorking.
There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
Who bought a large bonnet for walking;
But its color and size,
So bedazzled her eyes,
That she very soon went back to Dorking.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Irish Thought for October 10...
Irish Etymology
Bother
from the Anglo-Irish similar term pother, or from the Irish bodhairim, meaning "I deafen."
Bother
from the Anglo-Irish similar term pother, or from the Irish bodhairim, meaning "I deafen."
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Irish Thought for October 9...
Irish Toasts
Here's to you and here's to me.
May we never disagree.
But should we start to fight and yell,
here's to me.
Here's to you and here's to me.
May we never disagree.
But should we start to fight and yell,
here's to me.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Irish Thought for October 8...
Irish-American Celebrities
Dennis Leary
Known for his acerbic comedic style, Dennis Leary has appeared as an actor in more than 40 films. He is the co-creator and star of the television show Rescue Me. He also founded the Leary Firefighters Foundation, which has raised and distributed millions of dollars for equipment and facilities for East Coast fire departments.
Dennis Leary
Known for his acerbic comedic style, Dennis Leary has appeared as an actor in more than 40 films. He is the co-creator and star of the television show Rescue Me. He also founded the Leary Firefighters Foundation, which has raised and distributed millions of dollars for equipment and facilities for East Coast fire departments.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Irish Thought for October 6...
Irish Folklore
Leprechauns
The leprechaun is a solitary creature, focusing all of his attention on making shoes. He can usually be found holding both a shoe and a cobbling hammer. Leprechauns are the size of a bulky young boy, with wrinkled faces, gleaming eyes, and surprisingly graceful movements. They are also known for their love of beer, foul language, and smoking pipes called dudeens. Besides making shoes, leprechauns guard fairy treasure from mortals, although their hidden stashes are revealed by rainbows. If a mortal can catch a reclusive leprechaun and demand its treasure, the leprechaun has no choice but to comply, but this happens incredibly rarely. There is no such thing as a female leprechaun (that we know of!!!)
Leprechauns
The leprechaun is a solitary creature, focusing all of his attention on making shoes. He can usually be found holding both a shoe and a cobbling hammer. Leprechauns are the size of a bulky young boy, with wrinkled faces, gleaming eyes, and surprisingly graceful movements. They are also known for their love of beer, foul language, and smoking pipes called dudeens. Besides making shoes, leprechauns guard fairy treasure from mortals, although their hidden stashes are revealed by rainbows. If a mortal can catch a reclusive leprechaun and demand its treasure, the leprechaun has no choice but to comply, but this happens incredibly rarely. There is no such thing as a female leprechaun (that we know of!!!)
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Irish Thought for October 5...
Irish-American Celebrities
Ed Sullivan
Best known as the host of The Ed Sullivan Show, a television variety program, entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan presented musical, vaudeville, and novelty acts to his audience from 1948 to 1971, making the show one of the longest-running variety shows in television history. During its run, the program showcased popular entertainers such as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Supremes, the Jackson Five, and Topo Gigio.
Ed Sullivan
Best known as the host of The Ed Sullivan Show, a television variety program, entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan presented musical, vaudeville, and novelty acts to his audience from 1948 to 1971, making the show one of the longest-running variety shows in television history. During its run, the program showcased popular entertainers such as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Supremes, the Jackson Five, and Topo Gigio.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Irish Thought for October 4...
Quotations
What was it that made Maggie leave Ireland, forsake her siblings and parents and flee to New York in the 1800s, we never knew. We yearned to know, because she was the first in a long line of leavers, the matriarch of a clan of men and women who made mysterious and dramatic exits. But her reason for leaving must have been too awful, too painful, because Maggie was said to be a born storyteller, and that story was the one she would never tell.
-J.R. Moehringer
What was it that made Maggie leave Ireland, forsake her siblings and parents and flee to New York in the 1800s, we never knew. We yearned to know, because she was the first in a long line of leavers, the matriarch of a clan of men and women who made mysterious and dramatic exits. But her reason for leaving must have been too awful, too painful, because Maggie was said to be a born storyteller, and that story was the one she would never tell.
-J.R. Moehringer
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Irish Thought for October 3...
Irish Movies
The Mighty Celt
With the volatile politics of Ireland as a backdrop, a young kennel worker learns about life while racing his favorite greyhound dog at the track. Starring Ken Scott, Tyrone McKenna, and Gillian Anderson. Directed by Pearse Elliott.
The Mighty Celt
With the volatile politics of Ireland as a backdrop, a young kennel worker learns about life while racing his favorite greyhound dog at the track. Starring Ken Scott, Tyrone McKenna, and Gillian Anderson. Directed by Pearse Elliott.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Irish Thought for October 2...
Irish Food
Champ or Poundies
Also known as cally or pandy, cnamp is a dish of mashed potatoes mixed with milk and scallions, formed into a peak with a well of melted butter in the middle. The traditional method of eating champ calls for spooning the mashed potatoes from the outer edge and dipping each bite into the well of butter. The word champ can be defined as "to mash, grind, or crush," which is how champ also go the name poundies.
Champ or Poundies
Also known as cally or pandy, cnamp is a dish of mashed potatoes mixed with milk and scallions, formed into a peak with a well of melted butter in the middle. The traditional method of eating champ calls for spooning the mashed potatoes from the outer edge and dipping each bite into the well of butter. The word champ can be defined as "to mash, grind, or crush," which is how champ also go the name poundies.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Irish Thought for October 1...
Irish Proverbs
A change of work is as good as a rest.
I got sent an awesome picture of the young gentlemen who gave me a name. I love his love of cows! Thank you again Asher for the perfect name!!!!!
A change of work is as good as a rest.
I got sent an awesome picture of the young gentlemen who gave me a name. I love his love of cows! Thank you again Asher for the perfect name!!!!!
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