[03.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]
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Headphoneland http://www.headphoneland.com/”>www.headphoneland.com
I am so glad I stumbled across this photoblog by Irish-born film student Gavin Mullan. At only 19 years of age, he has an amazing talent for capturing little moments and the seemingly mundane to expose their true beauty.
>From the contours of bark on a tree trunk to angular, alien views of urban living, each photo deserves its own frame.
His pictures have featured on several sites and Headphoneland has previously won Best Photoblog at the Irish Blog Awards.
Blow off your manic Saturday afternoon shopping spree, turn off your mobile phone and let this blog be a comment on us Celtic tigers.
Hilary NY www.hilaryny.blogspot.com
Before you wonder why I am plugging a certain US presidential candidate, I must explain that this is actually an Irish language blog run by Hilary Mhic Suibhne, Irish language teacher and New York resident.
As one of thousands of Irish people who hasn’t used my teanga dhúchais or native language since my Leaving Cert, I didn’t think I would understand a word of this blog. However, it is surprisingly accessible and I am convinced regular visits would improve my Gaeilge no end.
There was a recent debate on Irish language in the 21st century which questioned its function in preserving our cultural identity and whether it is just ‘the bane of our childhood education’.
While you don’t have to speak Irish to be Irish, we could well do with relegating our rote-learning primary school past to where it belongs and embrace the new.
Hilary NY doesn’t push the Irish language upon us, she chats about her life and issues close to her heart – it just so happens to be as Gaeilge.
Working Mothers http://tinyurl.com/67324q
This offshoot business website, Allbusiness.com, is written by Kathy Murdock, a stay-at-home mother turned entrepreneur with her own marketing company.
Murdock’s blog covers serious issues like instilling a healthy work ethic in your child but does tend to run to the frothy when she waxes lyrical on avoiding doughnuts in the work canteen and sorting your handbag before a job interview (for the record, she found several dead goldfish and a toy car in hers).
By Marie Boran
Web2Ireland