Tag: Eire

Ma Vourneen (My Darling) + VIDEO

When time and distance separate us, Then you will find the spirit of our togetherness, In a glass of wine. My darling, make it a long-stemmed glass, To remind you that even a minute apart is the longest one. . Fill it to its very brim to symbolize, […]

THE PLUCK OF THE IRISH

Many great literary figures, often regarded as English, are actually of Irish descent. Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Bram Stoker. Listening to Chopin’s nocturnes is one of life’s greatest reveries. However, Irishman John Field is the father of the piano nocturne.