The Irish Hedge School
What is a Hedge School? The hedge schools were a very informal, unofficial, very local, and very ILLEGAL system of education in […]
Author: David McDonnell
Authority Skeptics
I have always been skeptical of authority. I was a rebellious youth who grew to become a skeptical adult. I have at […]
The Devil’s Bridge
River Mynach (MY-nick or MY-knock) runs through a beautiful, wooded area in Wales and forms a very deep ravine. There are glorious […]
Molly Malone
Dublin’s Most Famous Lady We’ve all heard the song Molly Malone, sometimes called Cockles and Mussels. It’s a beautiful tale of a […]
Dublin Irish Festival
Dublin, Ohio The Dublin Irish Festival is a GO for 2021, at least thus far. It will NOT be set up exactly […]
Bricrui’s Feast (Part 1)
A Story from the Ulster Cycle The stories of the Ulster Cycle originated about 2,000 years ago and retold for centuries thereafter. […]
Almost Irish Marie Antoinette
This is the true story about how Marie Antoinette almost became Irish. “Almost” may be too strong a word. Maybe it is […]
Storytelling Here
Stories from an American seanchi Below are links to a smattering of stories. Some of these are original stories and some are […]
Keeper of Irish Culture
Traverse Magazine September 2020 Traverse (“Northern Michigan’s Magazine”) ran a nice interview with me in its September 2020 edition. We were surprised […]
No Masks, No Red Lights
I’ve done commercials on my podcast for a nurse who, as a sideline business, makes masks. She is a pediatric oncology nurse […]