Irish Class, October 4, 2010
Rang Gaeilge, an 4ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2010
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First night as a member of Will’s class!
Irish Class, October 4, 2010
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First night as a member of Will’s class!
Irish Class, September 27, 2010
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Irish Class, September 20, 2010
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Irish Class, September 13, 2010
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Liam Swords, in The Flight of the Earls, includes a brief account of the Nine Years’ War, the last and greatest of Irish rebellions against Queen Elizabeth I of England, but is more concerned with the aftermath. On September 14, 1607, Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone and leader of the rebellion, Rory O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell, and nearly 100 of their family and followers fled from Ireland on a ship. Continue reading
mia_mcdavid and I took our foster daughter, carpe_noctum_93 to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. We were there completely on our own, no connection with colgaffneyis. Mia and I dressed as 16th century Irish Commoners, based largely on the work of Kass McGann. In a midwestern August I was able to be much more comfortable than in the 1630 Scottish Highlander outfits I wear for colgaffneyis. For me this was something of a quick improvisation. With a little work I can make it look better and be even more comfortable. Just need to find more events for Irish garb.
We managed to get front row seats for a demonstration on glass blowing, which was very good. There is still a lot of good stuff at the Fair, but you have to look to get past the crass commercialism.
Pictures from my Blackberry here
Irish Class, August 23, 2010
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(A little sketchy, I could not write down everything. If Wes posts more about it I will update this.)
Irish Class, August 9. 2010
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| cóip | copy | f2 pl cóipeanna |
| le seachtain amháin | for one week | |
| inis | island | f2 |
| inis | tell | vn insint |
Irish Class, July 26, 2010
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Irish workshop, July 2010
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Some details from Gaeltacht Minnesota‘s
Weekend in Winona — Saturday morning and early afternoon