All Blog Posts Tagged 'martin' (2)

First of all I would like to apologise if the large pictures cause you any trouble in reading my blog. I do not know how to compress them. In the English-speaking world, christmas is the most important feast towards the end of the year. People exchange gifts, undertake all kinds of christmas activities and children believe heartily in the existence of Santa Claus... In the Netherlands, christmas is celebrated too, but the focus is not so much on the exchange of gifts and the belief in Santa C… Continue

It was sad to learn today of Ronnie Drew's passing on Saturday. I found out from someone in the chat room during Klara McDonnell's show. It was also mentioned that there's some Ronnie Drew and Dubliners videos on YouTube, and that made me think of the documentary From Clare to Here with Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill that I'd seen there a while ago. So I decided if it wasn't already here at LI, it should be. It's in five parts, with a total running time probably a bit over 40 minutes. In additi… Continue