O’Donnghaile A reader asked if I came across any Donnelly’s or O’Donnelly’s in my research. The answer is, of course! The name […]

Our gig at A Reader’s Corner in Louisville prompted this trivia question – How did Louisville become Louisville? The present day city […]

An Ancient Weapon A shillelagh (pronounced ‘shi-LAY-lee’) is now thought of as a walking cane. In Celtic Ireland, it was a stick […]

The Newest Member of the Clan

As far as we know, ClanDonnell is not required reading at any college or university. (Too bad, since the mercenary side of […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico January 24, 2015 is the 55th Annual Bobbie Burns Dinner, held by the St. Andrew’s Scottish Society of New […]

My Old Blog Years ago I wrote a blog under the name Wolverine Café. I am a Wolverine, holding a few degrees […]

The librarian told us: ‘You are a marvelous storyteller and thanks to you.’ She also handed out response forms to the library […]

Farmington, New Mexico We’ve spent a small fortune during our book tours on hotel accommodations. Not so for the Aztec Celtic Festival […]

Four Views from Ocean Shores, Washington Of course with the good, you get the potentially bad. Photographs by Linda McDonnell