Tag: Essay
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The rise of the Irish alt-right: how saints and scholars finally lost their minds
The rise of the Irish alt-right: how saints and scholars finally lost their minds – Originally Published: Sligo, February 2023 I’m home, and I’m sad. It’s been a little over a month, and usually by now I’d be someplace else. January last I was in a cold, quiet Cordoba. January before I was in Marseille; warm,…
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No Myths, No Ornaments
No myths, no ornaments – Originally Published: Sligo, December 2022 Below is an annotated and sourced transcript of Our Last Day at the Centre of the World in PDF format. For additional notes on the film, skip to ‘Notes’ in the text below. our-last-day-at-the-centre-of-the-worldDownload nuestro-ultimo-dia-en-el-centro-del-mundoDownload Another year. It seems like yesterday that I finished up…
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On the Táin
On the Táin | Intro and Transcript – Originally Published: Sligo, November 2022 It’s a story I grew up knowing. I can’t be sure when I was first told it, but I can’t remember not knowing I was named after a great Celtic warrior, a fact on which I do remember incessantly informing all the other…
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Following Francisco
Following Francisco Transcript – Originally Published: Sligo, July 2022 This is the transcript for the accompanying video tracing the steps of Francisco De Cuellar in County Sligo and Leitrim. Of course, this is just one possible route the Spaniard may have taken, derived from his description of the landscape and a fair amount of deduction. By…
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I’m afraid of Americans. And their coffee.
I’m Afraid of Americans…and their coffee – Originally Published: Cordoba, May 2022 Too long have we waited for an unOrdinaryWorld blog post I hear you cry. Believe me dear ones, I share your pain. Please forgive my radio silence, I promise it was not without cause. So settle in, pour yourself a sturdy drink, and let…
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Searching for Tartessos
Searching for Tartessos (supporting document) – Originally Published: Cordoba, December 2021 “It was a great and wealthy city In ancient times. Now it is poor, now it is small, Now it is forsaken. Now it is a heap of ruins.” – Avienus Six centuries before Julius Caesar and the sons of Pompey clashed in civil…
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Has France Abandoned Marseille?
Has France Abandoned Marseille? – Originally Published: Marseille, 2021 Marseille is the second largest city in France, the oldest city in France, and the least French city in France. Ask any French person what they think of Marseille, the answer will be the same: “This is not France”. Said with a mixture of disgust and indignation,…