The Darkness of an Irish Morning

belcampprisoner

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/opinion/the-darkness-of-an-irish-morning.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Amirani

No comment OP?

uch

I love it

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Baxter, you know I don't speak Spanish!

posting just a link is not a discussion OP

Banjo String

I love the way the darkened mornings in Ireland, in no way resemble the darkened evenings.

uch

Deleted User wrote: »

posting just a link is not a discussion OP

Yea but OP is still a ...............................

Duff

Ah, but there's a grand stretch in the evenins now.

Kylo Ren

Ain't nobody got time for that.

woodoo

Ah begorrah

dodderangler

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Baxter, you know I don't speak Spanish!

Now fix my chopper before I stomp your goofy ass

Sergeant

The man was dipping deep into the Da Big Book of da Oirish Cliches.

mewithoutyou

Had to give the article a second shot after I stopped reading when he said he was Irish-American...

It's nice. Not brilliant or insightful or anything, but nice.

I'm glad he left feeling connected with his Irish identity, even if it was in an overly romanticised way.

spankysue

Most misleading thread title ever..... I was hoping for a discussion on actual dark mornings, I hate them if anyone else is interested.

kupus

Grreat article and rings true for all the generations especially now with mass emigration.

jd007

tl;dr version anyone?

Esel

Duff wrote: »

Ah, but there's a grand stretch in the evenings now.

Funny how nobody ever says there is a grand stretch in the mornings...

humbert

A super eloquent American returns home to the very stereotypical farm in Westmeath his father is from. Finds out his grandparents were complete dickheads but retains a misty-eyed romantic view of the place.

im invisible

I believe in a thing called love, just listen to the rhythm of my heart...
Id listen to them of a morning, of an afternoon, or of an evenin' even,

MrPoker

I thought it was a pile of ****e. I think the yanks really think we are a pack of muck-savages, well that was the image I got from reading the article. :P

beefstew

"He was a strange mixture of calm and storm."...A great line in fairness!

brummytom

It's nice to see a well-written article here - makes a change from the usual Daily Mail shite

J_E

From this article and the comments, you'd swear some Americans think we are from the Middle Ages...the term 'Irish-American' strangely irks me also.

It's a well written piece though, if not a bit floaty and dreamy.

TheLastMohican

Lots of truth in it but lots of myth stuff as well. Still it was an interesting read. Especially coming from a New Yorker.

policarp

Irish Ex Pats and first,second and more generations of exiles feel an
affiliation to the "Auld Sod".
That's not unusual.

Cereal Number

I thought this was about depressing mornings in the winter


Give me back my 20 seconds OP

Zillah

There's something a little ironic about someone using the (not a) word "uneloquent".

gustafo

SamHall wrote: »

I love the way the darkened mornings in Ireland, in no way resemble the darkened evenings.

ya and id say new york is fairly dark, grey and miserable at times to...not much of a difference really


****ing yanks they do my head in with there **** talkj

kneemos

Sounds like a miserable hole of a place.

Nulty

jd007 wrote: »

tl;dr version anyone?

It's the journey, not the destination that is relevant here.