Eoin Dunford's blog

Bhí mé díreach anois ag éisteacht le sáramhrán. ABBA - Super Trouper; ó, is amhrán den chéad scoth é. Is breá liom an t-amhrán seo; agus tá tagairt ann le Glaschu na hAlban. Anois, beidh an chlann agus mise ag imeacht go dtí Frigiliana maidin amárach (15 Nollaig 2023). Beidh Lá Nollag á chaitheamh againn ansin, sa bhaile beag sin, sa Spáinn. Buíochas mór le Dia... as an tsaoire áirithe seo. Tá mé ag tnúth le sos eile: bhí mé i Medjugorje agus thart ar an bhFrainc chomh maith níos luaithe i mbliana. Tá árasán nua ag Muiris i bhFrigiliana. Anois, faoi dheireadh thiar thall (tá an cás socraithe!), beidh trí chinn de sheachtainí á gcaitheamh againn thall sa Spáinn;

Dad again.

Dad.

Our Lady when she was young with her mother St. Anne.

Down by the riverside.

Sun breaks in cloudbursts.

I láthair na huaire.

Níos luaithe.

Sometimes I do my songs in sixes. Sometimes I record the six songs as a mixtape. I have over a hundred mixtapes. Happy Christmas to you, gentle reader. Here they are: Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree; Julian Lennon - Saltwater; Master's Promise - All That Thrills My Soul Is Jesus; ABBA - Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough); The Priests - Ag Críost An Síol; The Kyoto Connection - Marks. I am really well, thank God. I'm just about to head into town

Even falls.

Beimid ag imeacht go dtí Frigiliana sa Spáinn ar 15 Nollaig go dtí 11 Eanáir.

Thairis air a' ghleann. Ò mollaidh sinn.

Buddhabong and Lucius are among my owls. Buddhabong Morrissey and Lucius Power are brothers (though they have different surnames). Their Father is Theo the Owl. Never mention Lucius' name to Buddhabong nor Buddhabong's name to Lucius or each will take severe hammering offence. I have had Buddhabong in my room since April 2015 and his brother Lucius since August 2016.

I took this picture in the mirror because I wanted to make an artistic kind of picture.

Ar ais sa bhaile=Back at home. Some people say thar n-ais. I write ar ais but I say thar n-ais. 7rl. 7rl is the way we write etc. Níl an ghrian ag taitneamh ach níl sé ag cur báistí -- níl an aimsir ró-olc faoi láthair.

Bhí mé ag éisteacht leis an mbeirt ealaíontóir Tanita Tikaram agus Tanya Tucker. 

San árasán ag an am díreach ceannann céanna.

San árasán níos luaithe.

Bhuel. Tá mé go maith ar maidin. Tá an Nollaig ag druidim linn. Bhí mé sa siopa níos luaithe agus bhí mé ag labhairt na Gaeilge (Gaoluinn na nDéise!!). Tá mé ar tí a dhul amach ar an mbalcóin anois chun toitín a chaitheamh. Tá mé tuirseach agus mar sin luífidh mé síos chun mo scíth a ligean, tá mé san árasán, tá mo thuismitheoirí bailithe leo go dtí Cluain Meala

It looks like some kind of tree. It has been cast by a... plant. Today is a sunny day (thank God). I like it when it is nice and bright

Tá mé san árasán faoi láthair.

I don't like Francis. I have no time for him. I think he is a smell of a pope. John Paul neither. I respect him but don't really like him. Benedict is my man. He is a godly man in heaven. He is gentle, loving, and kind. He was, when he was pope (he is the second last pontiff of RC Church), a big bookworm... like meself. Now, during my Evangelical days I had a discussion with someone who was then RC (like I am now). I said, I have no time for the hierarchy. This man replied, Try running any organisation without a hierarchy. I thought that was a good answer (!). I am Catholic but I still like other religions like Evangelicalism and Islam and Hinduism. I am open to every positive religion, one which worships the Divine.

Éirithe go moch.

I lomlár Dhún Garbhán.

Between two lights -- this is the name of a poem which I wrote in September 1999.

Tháinig mé isteach go dtí an ollmhargadh toisc go raibh sé ag cur báistí.

Tá an tráthnóna anseo agus tá mé ag baint taitneamh as.

Grianghraf úr a thóg mé inniu.

Chodail mé go sámh agus dhúisigh mé agus mé ag tnúth le lá breá eile.

Buíochas le Dia as gach rud.

Tá mé ag éisteacht leis an gceol faoi láthair.

Bhuail mé isteach san árasán tráthnóna inniu.

Joseph is in the Friary church.

Before the Sweetie Mother's altar in the Friary church, Dungarvan.

Bhí mé thart ar an mbaile níos luaithe inniu.

Bhí mé istigh san ollmhargadh ar maidin inniu.

Listening to the Manic Street Preachers.

Lá fionnuar.

San árasán níos luaithe inniu.

Tá mé ag éisteacht le R.E.M. inniu. "Crush With Eyeliner" óna n-album ó 1994 Monster and why won't the italics come out in Blogger. Tá "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" ar an amhrán is fearr ar an albam, dar liom. Tá R.E.M. go hiontach.

Up and about early this morn of 4 December 2023. My brother Wor's birthday is on the 11th. He is an actor based in Baile Átha Cliath and I am very very proud of him. Flying out to meet him in Frigiliana now on 15 December, it will be a Friday, me, Dad and Mum are flying there

Tá mé ar tí mo dhinnéar a ithe.

Bhí mé anseo i gCill na bhFraochán Mheánach nuair a tógadh an grianghraf seo.

Bhí mé ag éisteacht le ceol as Éirinn, Eleanor McEvoy, Mary Black; chomh maith le cúpla amhrán le Jimmy Nail.

Tógadh an grianghraf áirithe seo cúpla lá ó shin.

Bhí mé i bhfoirgneamh sa bhaile.