Last Summer I spent a few weeks in Connemara. I fell in love with the region, its people, landscape and history. I particularly relished the folklore and the indomitable spirit of resistance and survival.
On right is a photo of the famine memorial at Delphi County Mayo. Hundreds perished here after being forced to trek overnight [...]
One of the nice things about being in Galway was being able to watch a Galway game in Galway…Of course apart from the Tipp fella on the barstool beside me, noone else cared, it being a hurling match and me being in North Galway (where football is religion and hurling an irrelevance). Still I enjoy [...]
In weaning myself off the campaign trail, I have been experimenting with various politically-related diversions over the past week or so. I used to watch a ‘West Wing’ a night when I was out campaigning, and am finishing my run through series 7 at present. Whilst instinctively and emotively I back Santos (who is almost a fictional Obama) I’ve been wondering [...]
I just had lunch in a Palestinian restaurant (falafels and vine leaves). Last night I rebuked a self described Zionist Torah follower from abusing my facebook page (note to editors, his facebook political category read as “UK Tory; US GOP; Israel Likud; Ireland Fine Gael”).
The two events are not particularly related. But just struck me [...]
It’s been quiet.. too quiet.. I’ll confess I’ve been too busy getting on with it to have time for reflection of late, been ploughing ahead on all sorts of issues and hardly come up for air but now it’s time to take a breather and take stock.
Was a busy enough Summer. Fitted in a family [...]
Hi, I’m James Lawless and this is my first blog.
I live in Sallins, beside the railway tracks as it happens, where I share my home with my wife Ailish, our two children, a dog, a cat, a guinea pig and a goldfish.
Living in Sallins gives easy reach to the capital to which I commute daily, [...]