We flew to Ireland to attend the life-long vows of our son as a Monk. The flights, the airports, and particularly navigating the various COVID-related regulations involved were very stressful. We wouldn't fly at present, especially internationally, except for a very strong reason. Beth (63...
Footer. Theassociationinassociationfootballwas also shortened tosoccer. This clips off the first and last three syllables ofassociation, leaving –soc-, onto which that chummy –erwas added, yieldingsoccer. The term is first recorded assockerin 1891.Footeris slightly older, found in that fateful y...
of the liberal elite and ignore the Irish people, suffered two blows to his ambition to turn Ireland into the wokest country in Europe last weekend. Varadkar admitted on Saturday that voters had delivered “two wallops†to the government, which, led by Leo himself, had...
Ford obsessively examined a schism in his own mindset that was also a schism in his concept of America, albeit one that could also manifest in his portraits of Ireland and Wales and anywhere else. The need to belong to a community, an ordered way of life, a hierarchy, striking sparks ...
The map I’ve featured from Freedom to Marry illustrates the situation around the world before the Yankee vote. In these damp little islands of ours, only Northern Ireland is holding back the tide, Canute-like. The fire and brimstone lot who dominate the Northern Ireland Assembly are in good...