John Ó'Ríordáns Blog

Michael Corcoran turns into the cookie monster while commentating on two of Munsters’ Heineken cup matches won by the boot of Ronan O’Gara.

Check out my Halloween Gallery for some pictures from Halloween yesterday. Scroll to the bottom for the new ones.

……… The only place where……..
• If you die from alcohol poisoning, you’re considered a lightweight,
• ‘Fuck off’ means ‘Are you serious?’ … …
• The person that you insult most is probably your best friend,
• Saying ‘I will yea’ means that you definitely won’t,
• “Fuck it, its grand’ means that you couldn’t be bothered finish it properly,
• ‘He’s fond of a drink’ means he suffers from severe life-threatening alcoholism,
• Saying you’re going for a drink means you might not be seen again for 3 days,
• Crisps are called ‘Taytos’ and fizzy drinks are called ‘minerals’,
• ‘For the craic’ is the best reason for doing anything,
• The best cure for a hangover is more drink,
• Nobody can go a day without saying ‘Jaysus’,
• ‘Meeting’ has a double meaning,
• Tea is the solution to every problem,
• And water is the solution to every GAA injury,
• “I got stuck behind a tractor’ is a perfectly valid reason for being late,
• We eat Tayto sambos for lunch, and ham sandwiches on the way to Croke Park,
• You can insert the name of a gardening tool into any sentence and it still makes sense, e.g. ‘I had a rake of drink last night’ or “I’ll be out in a minute, I’m just shoveling down the dinner’,
• GAA is considered religion,
• Its perfectly acceptable to call your mother ‘mammy’ even though you are a fully grown adult,
• Saying ‘Now we’re sucking diesel’ means that you are happy with the outcome of the situation,
• Drinking ‘tae’ is everyone’s favourite past time,
• You’re scared of the wooden spoon,
• The word ‘like’ goes in every sentence,
• You can say “Any craic?’ to a garda and you won’t get arrested,
• ‘The dogs’ bollocks’ means something brilliant

I let off some small fireworks over the weekend. Fireworks are illegal in Ireland so we went up a mountain where we wouldn’t be seen. There was quite an echo through the Glens though.

When I move to Canada I think I’ll miss driving on Irish Roads in the Spring.

Visited the small fun fair in Blackpool today. It could’ve been taken straight out if Fr. Ted.

Went out for drinks with a few people for the St. Patrick’s Festival in Cork. My last Paddy’s in Ireland for a while. Here’s a video montage of who was there.

I’m down in Millstreet for Christmas and the mother has no water. So it was off to a local volcanic well for me. My hand is freezing from submerging it in the water.

Went for a few drinks last night for Christmas. Here are some pictures and a video from the night.

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Why has no one mentioned how cold it was before this? ;)