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Montana Gael
http://MontanaGael.blogspot.com
News, poetry, history, literature, ceol (music) and caint (comment) on the Irish in Montana, both immigrants and descendants.
Recent Posts
Angels Singing More Sweetly
Rest in Peace, Yellow Bittern. Liam Clancy, 1935-2009....
Haunting
Here's the luminous and ghostly fiddle work of Liz Carroll, who was nominated (along with John Doyle) for a Grammy Award this week:...
Fresh Text
Here's a link to some of the newest Irish writing online--Southword, a publication of the Munster Literature Centre, has posted its latest issue on the web, chock full of meaty prose and poems. Take a gander....
At Least Seventy Women Agree
Congrats to Irish filmmaker Ken Wardrop, whose documentary His & Hers (2009) made the Sundance Film Festival competition list today. Wardrop's film, which he directed and edited, includes the voices of seventy Irish women on the differences betwe...
A Little Something for the iPod
Happy Christmas from The Elders. As an electronic stocking stuffer, the band's giving away a free download, here, of their lovely little Christmas tune, ideal for emigrants all. Sign up....
Fáilte go hÉireann
What's with Irish Customs officials these days? They've no love for Americans, that's for sure. First came the Texas couchsurfers, boys with backpacks hoping for a grand tour of the island but sent home for lack of solid local contacts and sufficient...

