tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post9168595538713167122..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Writing from memoryRisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-10745034696360273322014-06-02T21:16:47.526+08:002014-06-02T21:16:47.526+08:00Totally. This is a hybrid reality we live in. Talk...Totally. This is a hybrid reality we live in. Talk of purity nowadays is anachronistic. If there is an identity to subscribe on, one might as well apply for the nation of humanity.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-25883762671271627882014-06-01T08:50:37.975+08:002014-06-01T08:50:37.975+08:00I have always been wary of national purity and hav...I have always been wary of national purity and have often felt a sense of being excluded from the accepted view of what is (in my case) 'Irish". At the end of the day I can no more help being Irish that I wish to be a 'pure' Irishman. One of the more interesting (to me) online trends is the collation of histories around more recent alternative Irishnesses - Irish rock & punk Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.com