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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Weekend in Winona — Saturday morning and early afternoon
Irish workshop, July 2010
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Some details from Gaeltacht Minnesota‘s
Weekend in Winona — Friday night
I spent last weekend at Gaeltacht Minnesota‘s summer workshop at the lovely Winona campus of St. Mary’s University (Some pictures here). I went there for the first time in 2007 and have been back every year since. As always, I learned a lot and had a great time.
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Irish Class, July 12, 2010
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| rogha | choice | /rau/ |
| Níl plean samraidh agam. Tá ag déanamh sé mar téim | I don’t have a summer plan. I am making it up as I go. | [my contribution] |
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