The West's Awake
by Cormac MacConnellCormac is a novelist, journalist and columnist. "The West's Awake" is a big hit with Irish Voice readers.
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The West's Awake for June 2012
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Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 09:19 AM
Be very careful, finally, if you are either a Murphy or a Moriarty...
Terrible weather, European Championship failure and ailing economy but 'You’ll Never Beat the Irish'
Weather, money and turf - Ireland does things its own way
Official summer arrived at the beginning of June and with it came torrents of rain. Our spring, on the other hand, was so sunny and bright and dry that it was better than most of the summers of the last five years.
The countryside was parched and so dry the farmers were looking at the sky and praying for rain. By heavens their prayers were answered!
The light in the sky and merriment in the streets - the lovely signs of summer in Ireland
A little while ago I took a writing break for a coffee and cigarette out in the cottage garden, and dammit if I did not clearly hear my first cuckoo of the season. I enjoyed that a lot.
