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Irish Music Radio with Mick O’Grady
Charlottesville’s Kevin Donleavy has an Irish music program on air tomorrow. I hope you’ll tune in via internet! He explains how, below. I always enjoy hearing Mick O’Grady play at the Cobblestone...
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Irish Music Radio this Weekend
This just in from Kevin Donleavy: Pull up your easy chair this Saturday, and have a listen to Irish trad music on-line. The date is June 1, and the programme runs from 10 am till 12 noon in the...
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It’s 10pm: Do You Know Where Your Cobblestone Is?
The Whelans enjoying another lovely Friday evening at the Cobblestone pub. I galloped down to the Cobblestone tonight to hear my favorite set of the week. The Friday 7:30-9:30 group includes singers as...
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Sister Sister
My sister, Heather, is visiting. She’s come to take acting classes. Last night, we took in a play… Major Barbara, written by Shaw, performed at the Abbey Theater in Dublin. I discovered that I’ve...
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Heather’s Kerry Travels
Heather on the Cliffs of Moher! While I’m here in Dublin trying to finalize this grant proposal, my sister Heather is on the western coast of Ireland visiting Eilish O’Hanlon and her husband Con. You...
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Shannon’s American Wake
On my last night in Dublin, my friends came together at the Cobblestone for my “American wake”. Sheila Whelan (Fergus’ wife) originally suggested the idea. She told me that when someone leaves Ireland...
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Exotic Familiarity
I feared that somehow things wouldn’t seem as new and fresh on my return to Dublin as they were before. During my Fulbright fellowship, I spent 365 days in this vibrant city — but even a vibrant city...
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If there was no fear… what would you dare to dream?
Ted, Damon, and crew conducted an abbreviated RoboSlam this part week for 18 undergraduate engineering student from the University of Wisconsin last week. They are students of former Fulbright, Bob...
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An Evening of Astronauts and Magically Informative Skies
Last night’s sky over Dublin was spectacular, and a magical evening unfolded. I’ve been sequestered in my flat here in Dublin for the past few weeks, on a self-imposed writing retreat away from my...
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Irish Trad: Traditional Irish Music on Internet Radio
Photo taken while visiting Kevin Donleavy in December 2012, during my Fulbright Fellowship to Ireland, but visiting Virginia for Christmas. A friend of mine in Virginia delivers a radio program of...
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