Reviews

  1. Ireland's Neutrality Is Not as Simple as It SoundsFrom Dublin to Sydney Harbour, conversations about small countries staying out of great-power conflicts tend to flatten the realities on the ground. Ireland's…
  2. A Year of Discoveries Worth KeepingEvery December, I empty a notebook I keep specifically for the small things that catch my attention. It started as a way to remember recommendations from…
  3. Building a simple fast blog with a static site generatorA personal blog doesn't need a database, a plugin updater, or a server you have to patch every other Tuesday. The fastest sites in my feed are mostly flat HTML…
  4. When to Visit the Cliffs of Moher for the Best ExperienceRising 214 metres above the churning Atlantic, this stretch of County Clare coastline draws nearly two million visitors every year, and most of them arrive…
  5. Why I Still Use an RSS Reader in the Age of AlgorithmsI started using a feed reader again three years ago, after quietly noticing that the things I actually wanted to read had stopped showing up in the apps where…
  6. A walking tour of Dublin's revolutionary historyDublin wears its insurgencies on its sleeve, more so than most European capitals, and you do not have to look far to find where the 1798 rebels marched, where…
  7. What Irish mythology tells us about modern storytellingIrish mythology is full of stories that refuse to stay in the past. The figures of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the warriors of the Ulster Cycle and the restless…
  8. Ireland’s Craft Beer Boom, Measured Pint By PintIreland’s beer culture was once easy to summarise: stout in a snug, lager in a bright pub, and perhaps a red ale for anyone seeking something different. That…
  9. How to write a personal website that actually feels like youA personal website should feel less like a polished brochure and more like a well-kept room: recognisably yours, easy to enter, and full of details that reward…
  10. Dublin coffee spots beyond the obviousDublin’s coffee culture is easy to misunderstand if you stay within the postcard version of the city. Temple Bar has its polished cafés, Grafton Street has…