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A Year In Brocante 5: Chapeau Méchanique

by Isabel, 02 May 2012
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Tonight in Cork the 58th International Choral Festival begins with a Gala Opening Concert of Mozart’s Requiem by the Goethe-Institut Choir of Dublin and soloists. The Choral Festival began in 1954 as part of a three week Spring cultural event … Continue reading →



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St Patrick’s Day

by Isabel, 17 Mar 2012
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    It’s St Patrick’s Day and I am determined to be miserable.   Being miserable is, after all, a tradition on St Patrick’s Day. We Irish (being prone to misery) hold our national holiday on March 17th when the weather … Continue reading →



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Bon Bons, the Royal Bird

by Isabel, 30 Sep 2011
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  The weather is still glorious, gorgeous, golden.  We are at the centre of – a rather unromantically named – “Blocking High” over Europe with calm, still cloudless days of 28 degrees. Daily dressing means badenahs (Cork-speak for a swim … Continue reading →



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