7 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Song of the Sea’
7 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Song of the Sea,’ one of the 2015 Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Feature
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Ancient Irish Stones Are Being Digitized
Some folks in Ireland are scanning in ancient Ogham stones, which contain the Ogham alphabet.
Continue Reading10 (Mostly) Sober Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Tradition dictates that all those of us in Ireland go watch a parade and/or get appallingly drunk on Guinness (or Murphys, Smithwicks, Bulmers, O’Hara’s, Jameson…), but as I’m neither a big drinker nor a big parade …
Continue Reading10 Great Irish Geeks For St. Patrick’s Day (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Shona Dhaoibh!* Today’s the day when Irish people around the world celebrate our heritage and indulge a few national stereotypes. The self-respecting among us will be shying away from the green beer (the writer Flann O’Brien said …
Continue ReadingGuinness + Star Wars = Win! (Dublin Con Tickets, That Is)
I’m very pleased about this — Invasion Dublin will be happening at the RDS in Ballsbridge this Easter and, after missing its sister event Invasion Cork last September, it’s entirely possible I might get to go this year. If the …
Continue Reading10 Great Irish Geeks For St. Patrick’s Day
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Shona Dhaoibh!* Today’s the day when Irish people around the world celebrate our heritage and indulge a few national stereotypes. The self-respecting among us will be shying away from the green beer (the writer Flann O’Brien said …
Continue ReadingPrintable Fun – Shamrocks
Shamrocks have always been my favorite St. Patrick’s Day symbol. For the most part, shamrock imagery remains iconic, and has largely avoided the often offensive and stereotypical commercialization of Irish culture, that has long plagued the Leprechaun. For many Irish …
Continue Reading10 (Mostly) Sober Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Tradition dictates that all those of us in Ireland go watch a parade and/or get appallingly drunk on Guinness (or Murphys, Smithwicks, Bulmers, O’Hara’s, Jameson…), but as I’m neither a big drinker nor a big parade …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Puzzle O’The Week: On The Rocky Road To Dublin
This week marks Saint Patrick’s Day, when many of us feel the spirit of the 353. There’s plenty of 411 on the traditions and folklore that follow this holiday, some true, some possibly exaggerated in that wonderful Irish tradition. Whether …
Continue ReadingDisecting Diseases in Dublin – With Your Kids?
GeekDads with older GeekTeens who find themselves in Dublin, Ireland might want to check out the oddly topical Infectious exhibition in the Trinity College Science Gallery on Pearse Street. In recent weeks, with concern about swine flu and words like …
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