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Fairytale of New York

The Pogues are on the radio singing their Fairytale of New York . Here’s a real life experience of  being an Irish cyclist in New York . It ‘aint no fairytale . In 1993 I lived and worked in New York city with my friend Bernard . We rented the upstairs apartment of a two …

A state of mind !

Many Irish people have an unusual way of greeting each other . When passing someone that you know on the street the common greeting is how are you ? , how are things ? how’s life ? etc . And the most common answer is very often ‘ not too bad ‘ which may often …