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Shell to Sea campaign vindicated

parker62 wrote 1 month ago: In February 2008 I wrote about the 10-year long campaign in Co. Mayo, Ireland, opposing pipeline con … more →

Tags: David, Social Justice, sustainability, an bord pleanala, Corrib gas field, shell to sea

The Higgins Family of Hudson, NY1 comment

clarehiggins wrote 4 months ago: This is my “message in a bottle” to descendants of Morris and Kathryn Higgins, my great- … more →

Tags: Higgins Family History, Morris Higgins, hudson, NY, Moira, Franklin County, Cornelius Higgins, Maurice Higgins, County Limerick

Ireland part 4 - County Mayo (Achill Island and Nephin Beg)5 comments

backpackingbongos wrote 4 months ago: The drive from Connemara to Westport took us through the wild and rugged Doolough valley which is do … more →

Tags: Trips Abroad, achill island, Keem Beach, Croaghaun, Nephin Beg, Bangor Trail, Western Way, Letterkeen loop, Irish bothy

Reek Sunday

susanna wrote 5 months ago: In July 2007 Anna and I joined in the pilgrimage to the top of Croagh Patrick, a mountain on the wes … more →

Tags: Happenings, Reek Sunday, Croagh Patrick, Saint Patrick, Ireland, Westport, She-Demon Corra, Paganism, Catholicism

♫ A Bull Lost In The Supermarket/It Can No Longer Stampede Freely...♫2 comments

DSL. wrote 7 months ago: The Clash, London, 1979: Bull, Cummins SuperValu, Ballinrobe*, County Mayo, Ireland, 2009: *RTE Nort … more →

Tags: Commerce, Nature, Arts, World, Scott Lahti, Humor, Bulls, Supermarkets, clash

Memories of Ballina - a different world4 comments

justwilliams wrote 7 months ago:  Like so many others in recent years, my wife and I have been attempting to trace our family’s … more →

Tags: Memories, Family History, ballina, Ireland

What a load of bull4 comments

magnumlady wrote 8 months ago: I had to do a quick blog about this. A bull in Ballinrobe, County Mayo escaped from the mart and end … more →

Tags: Ireland, Video, Funny, RTE, Super Valu, Bull, ballinrobe, hilarious, News

Family History - Williams, Shannon, Bridger, Gray1 comment

justwilliams wrote 8 months ago: A few years ago my wife and I started to explore our family history. After a fairly intensive period … more →

Tags: Family History, Ireland, genealogy, Williams, shannon, Gray, bridger, New York, Detroit

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

jabberinwookie wrote 9 months ago: Gather ’round for story time! In honor of the wearin’ of the green, I know I could relat … more →

Tags: Chick Shit, Culture Wars, bullshit legends, Ireland, Irish, O'Malley, pirates, snakes, St. Patrick's Day

Giant Rhubarb and Other Plagues of Achill Island

wanderfrolics wrote 9 months ago: I have written an article about a portion of my camping trip to Achill Island (Ireland) and have pos … more →

Tags: Posts, Travel, John Lennon, Ireland, achill island, Camping, Doogort, Dugort, Giant Rhubarb

Conquering The Reek1 comment

exploreandeat wrote 1 year ago: I sat in the dining room of my bed and breakfast in Westport, County Mayo, eating the delicious brea … more →

Tags: Explore, live, Travel, Ireland, Mayo, Murrisk, Croagh Patrick, The reek, Westport

Latest Flickr Uploads #93 comments

fotdmike wrote 1 year ago: The “Shell to Sea” campaign, London, St Patrick’s Day 2008 For inside info on the … more →

Tags: Blogged from Flickr, Photography, flickr, Protest, Demo, shell, Campaign, gas pipeline

A Strange Saint Patrick's Day1 comment

Matthew Webster wrote 1 year ago:     This St. Patrick’s Day is markedly different than all others past. I came to school today not cl … more →

Tags: Border, Brownsville, Texas, Mexican, Immigration, Martin Luther King, JR, MLK, King

Croagh Patrick: Adventures in Ireland

erinp wrote 1 year ago: Whenever I think of Ireland, I mostly think of the adventures I had and people I met there. A partic … more →

Tags: Travel, Mt. Patrick, st patrick, Coragh Patrick, The reek, Ireland, snakes, Westport

Woodside Convenience (Irish Counties)

westernqueensland wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: photograph, Sunnyside, New York, Photography, patritoism, 7 train, Boroughs, signage, found art

The sense of place in environmental protest: Insights from County Mayo, Ireland

parker62 wrote 1 year ago: Environmental protest very often appears in localised forms: grassroots opposition to ‘development’ … more →

Tags: David, Green Politics, Nimby, Mark Garavan, Ireland, Gas refinery, shell, statoil, Environmental Protest

Tales of an activist hobo part five (what to do when shell drills your S.A.C)

drfoxtopus wrote 2 years ago: There are certain things about the rules that exist here in Rossport and the surrounding area. Since … more →

Tags: Protest, activism, Ireland, Travel, Politics, Life, shell, shell to sea, rossport

Tales of an activist hobo part four, (the facts of camp)

drfoxtopus wrote 2 years ago: There are some basic facts that in my previous writings’ I might have omitted, taken as common … more →

Tags: Politics, Protest, Ireland, activism, Life, Travel, shell, shell to sea, rossport

Tales of an activist hobo Part three (to Leeds and back)

drfoxtopus wrote 2 years ago: My return journey to Ireland was a pale comparison to my trip to Leeds. When I took it apon myself t … more →

Tags: shell to sea, rossport, Protest, activism, bellanaboy, corporation, Ireland, statoil, marathon


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