Cormac MacConnell
Cormac MacConnell is a veteran writer and journalist. His much loved column, about his life in County Clare and observations about Irish life, has appeared in the Irish Voice for close to 30 years.
Latest Stories
Great weather in Ireland - even better music, dancing and craic
Irish folklore would have it that the butterfly brings beautiful weather
Top tips from a local for your vacation in rural Ireland
Silly season, fake news and my Donald and Hillary whirligigs
An Irish ballad of leaving and endings
My time as a smuggler on the Northern Ireland border
Visiting Ireland? An Irishman’s advice on the “dos and don'ts”
O’Dowds to O’Connells - Irish certainly have a way with names
All about visitor’s Irish clan names in Spiddal, Connemara
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