All will love me and despair!
As I stood in line (vino bottle in hand) at our local booze merchants on Thursday evening, my wandering eyes alighted on the following...
Folklore Category
Why does Santa Sound Like George from Glenroe?
Yesterday afternoon the Christmas market in Clarenbridge (normally a haven of gentle family fun) found itself terrorised by the appearance...
The Salty Taste of Irish Horror – Live!
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Though this thing we call the internet generally caters effectively to the colourful needs of the planet's fetishists, paranoids,...
Do You See What is Happening?
By way of buildup to next Monday's (miss it and you'll die crying) John Polidori Vampyre-fest, I hereby present a post on a strangely...
Makes People Disappear
There's something vaguely touching and poignant about mysteries that have (due to the whims of fashion) passed out of mainstream popular...
I Defy You, Groot!!
The naming of those fantastic (and hideous) creatures that routinely crawl from the earth's dark chasms or slither from the depths...
In Search of Biddy Early’s Dog
As well as dipping in and out of the large pile of ufological books that currently sit beside my bed, I'm also (when time permits)...
The Coming of the Crescents?
As I have been busying myself with Greetings Earthlings, I (somewhat ironically) missed Sunday's 60th anniversary of Kenneth Arnold's...
The Aughacasla Standing Stone
After an extremely pleasant weekend spent walking, talking, swimming, getting plastered (etc) with a couple of old (English &...
Science, Nessie and the Reptilian Humanoid Hypothesis
A hearty thanks to my oul' pal Copperknickers for pointing me in the direction of recent "Nessie" footage that is (if you believe the...
And the Yellow God Forever Gazes Down
He was known as"Mad Carew" by the subs at Khatmandu,
He was hotter than they felt inclined to tell;
But for all his foolish pranks,...
Cobbled Together
It may be just another week in February for you, but for those of us who hang our hats in the University of Limerick it's "Week 2″...
Seán…are you there Seán?
Though I've a long-standing interest in matters esoteric and otherworldly (fairies, mysterious beasts, aliens and the like) I rarely...
Hail, Hail Cydonia!
Given my brief (admittedly lacklustre) childhood flirtation with astronomy – and my ongoing chuminess with the worlds of Sci-Fi,...
Recycling Terror
Question: What does a fella with (still) no broadband access and limited time do at this time of the year?
Answer: Repost his Halloween...
