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Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Family, Personal, Television on Nov 26th, 2010
Every year on a Friday, some weeks before Christmas, RTE’s Late Late Show hosts The Toy Show. Running for over 35 years ago, it’s a rite-of-passage for Irish children growing up. Some Anti Room contributor’s share their memories… As a child I, along with my many, many sisters and lone brother, was always allowed to [...]
Thoroughly depressed with the state of the nation, I decided to cheer myself up yesterday by listening to some nice, brainless pop music. I feel the qualifying adjective is important here, because there’s also very clever pop music out there, but that’s not of any use to me when I want myself opium’d up by [...]
Posted in Guest Posters, Ireland, Personal, Politics on Nov 26th, 2010
This is my country, and I am not leaving. I’m not a great patriot, nor even a Republican. I’m not a big GAA fan; I don’t drink Guinness; I’m not religious; I can’t sing The Lakes of Pontchartrain late into the night. I’m not from a farming background; I haven’t read Peig Sayers; I’ve never [...]
