“At 25, I saw my grandfather’s ghost. At 52, I think of what it may mean to be a ghost.”
Ireland
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What US Tech Did to Ireland
“The country is alarmingly reliant on Meta, Google and Apple.”
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How the Irish Pub Became One of the Emerald Isle’s Greatest Exports
“The Dublin-based Irish Pub Company has designed upwards of 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries around the globe.”
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Memory Machines
“Data centers have proliferated across Ireland, at great cost.”
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The Quest to Pick Up the Lost Lifting Stones of Ireland
“A strongman is on a mission to uncover and lift these forgotten tests of strength.”
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A Preservation of Summer Pulled into Winter
“The gin, now, is wrapped up in those memories: wild and unruly in both ways, full of the tang of the uncultivated tree, the illicit uses of these spaces otherwise unused by people.”
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Reading List, Story
Shamrocks Not Required: A Reading List on Modern Ireland
Eight stories to complicate your clichéd idea of Ireland.
Posted inBooks, Highlight, Science & Nature, Story
‘The Fledglings Are Out!’
“Peering in, I see that last week’s eggs are now chicks. Tiny bright-yellow beaks, mouths opening and closing silently. This is the magic.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes
Can Sinéad O’Connor Find Peace?
“She can be shy and insecure. And yet she didn’t hesitate to stare down the cameras on American television to call out one of the most powerful men in the world.”