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Posted on July 2, 2016

McDaid’s Football Special Special Euro 2016 edition at the Happy Camper Cafe, Glenveagh, Donegal

A little late for Ireland’s participation in Euro 2016 – here are some examples of McDaid’s legendary drink in its natural habitat. Taken just by the wonderful Happy Camper Cafe which surely…

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Posted on May 28, 2016

Castledermot, Co Kildare

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Posted on April 19, 2016

“The Tao of Tetris”, nthposition, 2005

I have always been leery of stories too obviously Based On Real Life Experience. Herein, however, the bar, “American Pool”, the LeShan book, and the general milieu are very much…

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Posted on April 6, 2016

The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel. SAU Blog Sept 2005

I have always been irritated by the use of “tourist” and “touristy” as terms of abuse. Better the honest-to-goodness tourist than the self-righteous (and probably utterly deluded about “authenticity”) traveler,…

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Posted on April 6, 2016April 6, 2016

Football writing as travelogue: Jonathan Wilson’s Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Foorball

As I have previously observed , a lot of my writing was once about sport. Much of this was in the form of book reviews, and the odd film review. In 1998…

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Posted on January 26, 2016

Atlas Maior of 1665 / Philip’s Universal Atlas of the World. TLS 10th February 2006

Originally published in the TLS – original link available only to subscribers. With thanks to Maren Meinhardt for supplying me with the printed text. This is one of those pieces…

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Posted on January 15, 2016

Côte de Granit Rose and Magheragallon

The Pink Granite Coast of Brittany, along Ploumanac’h is an enchanting, strange landscape. My then two year old leapt to his heart content up and down boulders, perhaps to a degree…

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Posted on October 7, 2015

The junk food diet. Nthposition. Aug 2010

This was written at the mid point between my trip to Russia in August 2006 and right now. There is a fair bit of real life inspiration in the opening paragraphs,…

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