Tales of Lough Erne – An Interview with Michael Clarke

Tales of Lough Erne – An Interview with Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke, Admiral of the Lough Erne Yacht Club, recounts his early sailing experiences, including seeing D-Day ships as a boy and circumnavigating Ireland in 1961. He also highlights Lough Erne’s yachting tradition, tracing its roots to the early 1800s and...
The Irish Pub – On The Road

The Irish Pub – On The Road

Over the course of 2007 and early 2008, James Fennell and I visited every county in Ireland bar Leitrim, popping our heads into an estimated 700 pubs. We undoubtedly missed a heap of brilliant pubs but we returned home with 70 pubs photographed. We subsequently...
The Irish in Chicago

The Irish in Chicago

  See here for more stories of the Irish abroad   By 1890, Chicago had the third highest population of Irish emigrants in the USA. The city’s Irish-American heroes include Butch O’Hare, Captain Francis O’Neill, Richard Daley, Mother Jones...
Tom Frawley (1920-2014) – Publican – Lahinch, County Clare

Tom Frawley (1920-2014) – Publican – Lahinch, County Clare

‘If priests were allowed to marry, they wouldn’t have had half the number of scandals.’ When Tom Frawley makes his point, he does not slam his fist on the bar. He says the words with quiet certainty. He has thought the matter through thoroughly and he knows he is...