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Ireland

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    Montrose Muffled

    Residents take sides on bar noise issue.

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

    Residents take sides on bar noise issue.

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    The 46th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival

    Residents take sides on bar noise issue.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    A Musical History Of The Color Green

    ​It's St. Patrick's Day, and as many of you have discovered, it is the only day out of the year when our normally free and enlightened society requires you to wear a certain color lest sudden and shocking violence be inflicted upon you. Every year on March 17, pinch-related emergency room visi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2010

    Dogtooth

    ​It's St. Patrick's Day, and as many of you have discovered, it is the only day out of the year when our normally free and enlightened society requires you to wear a certain color lest sudden and shocking violence be inflicted upon you. Every year on March 17, pinch-related emergency room visi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    NFL & College Football -- Weekend's Best Bets

    Does not look like fun​Before I get into the Best Bets for this weekend, a public service announcement for those of you traveling to Singapore any time soon. They still cane people there. Just ask former Florida State tight end Kamari Charlton. He is over in Singapore as you read this helping ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2010

    Bingo! The Documentary

    Go for the win, baby, go for the win

  • Dining

    July 1, 2010

    The Ginger Man Pub's Scottish Schwinn

    Go for the win, baby, go for the win

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Stirred and Shaken: The Ginger Man Pub's Scottish Schwinn

    Photo by Troy Fields​The Ginger Man Pub (5607 Morningside Dr., 713-526-2770) is the misfit at the frat party that is the southeastern corner of Rice Village. Its bigger neighbors, two of which also feature "pub" in their names, make The Ginger Man seem so precious in comparison that I'm forced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Paula Webb, Young & Recessioned: College Grads Have A Reality Check Coming

    ​Today's installment of Young & Recessioned features Paula Webb, president of  LPC Personnel, who has worked as a job recruiter in Houston since she moved here from Ireland 30 years ago. Back in the late `70s in Ireland, everybody was watching Dallas and thought this was the land of oppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Blaggards Do Ireland: A 400-Year-Old Galway Pub And Reunion In Waterford

    Houston Celtic rockers - "stout" Celtic rockers - the Blaggards are back on Texas soil after a weeklong tour of Ireland, where the band mixed sightseeing with a few gigs here and there. Rocks Off asked bassist Chad Smalley if he'd share a few Blaggards experiences on the Emerald Isle with us and our ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Blaggards Do Ireland: The Old Dublin Neighborhood, Free Drinks In Killarney

    Houston Celtic rockers - "stout" Celtic rockers - the Blaggards are back on Texas soil after a weeklong tour of Ireland, where the band mixed sightseeing with a few gigs here and there. Rocks Off asked bassist Chad Smalley if he'd share a few of the band's experiences on the Emerald Isle with us and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Blaggards Do Ireland: First Stop, The Guinness Factory And Phil Lynott Statue; Three Encores At First Dublin Gig

    Houston Celtic rockers - "stout" Celtic rockers - the Blaggards are back on Texas soil after a weeklong tour of Ireland, where the band mixed sightseeing with a few gigs here and there. Rocks Off asked bassist Chad Smalley if he'd share a few of the band's experiences on the Emerald Isle with us and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Butterfly Explosion at SXSW: Irish Shoegaze in a Basement Rec Room

    Shoegazer shoes Butterfly Explosion March 17 Habana, Austin, Texas When you go see a band because they're labeled "shoegaze," you get a smile on your face when you see them set up 19 different foot pedals on the stage. You don't need to double-check your SXSW schedule. You know you're in the right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    For St. Patrick's Day: Five Irish Movies You Need To See

    Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, when everyone's Irish, yadda yadda yadda.How best to get ready for it? Watching a movie tonight would be one way. Unfortunately, a lot of the "great" Irish movies suck. The Quiet Man? Oy vey. Maureen O'Hara is nicely feisty, but John Wayne is as wooden as ever and the ... More >>

  • Music

    February 4, 2010

    Whiskey in the Jar

    The Blaggards warm up for an Irish tour by rocking the Rory Miggins Memorial Irish Stew Cook-Off.

  • Film

    January 7, 2010

    No Luck Among the Irish

    Amy Adams is trapped in the land of blarney, cow pies and forced humiliation.

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2009

    ACL 2009 Day Two: Flogging Molly Brings a Little Bit of Ireland to Austin

    Photos by Groovehouse​Okay, so between the Guinness and the pissing-down rain, Flogging Molly actually brought a lot of Ireland to Austin today. Lead singer Dave King wasn't phased by the weather, proclaiming that it was just like being at home. The band then proceeded to put on a belter of a show ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2009

    Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Joseph O'Neill and Marilynne Robinson

    Two acclaimed authors stop in Houston to read for Inprint Series

  • Dining

    March 26, 2009

    Boxty Breakfast at The Angel & The Ox Pub & Restaurant

    Two acclaimed authors stop in Houston to read for Inprint Series

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Houston May Be Getting Its Irish Up

    Photo by closelyobserved.comAuthentic Irish weather greeted this weekend's St. Patrick's Day Parade, but the chilly rain didn't deter over 150 entrants from promenading down Caroline and San Jacinto streets in honor of Ireland's patron. According to information we received, it may be that some of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    H-town Hangman: Guess the Band, Win a Prize

    All right, all you kids out there, time to test your mettle. Rocks Off knows you know what's up. We've seen you at Walter's, Rudz and all those other hallowed haunts that make up this little "scene" of ours. You can probably rattle off a dozen or so favorite local bands without batting an eyelas ... More >>

  • Music

    January 8, 2009
  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Robb's Oyster Book

    My new book Sex, Death & Oysters: A Half Shell Lover's World Tour was released January 1 and is now selling on Amazon. I'll make the rounds of Houston bookstores this week signing as many copies as I can find. It was a 2004 cover story by the same name in the Houston Press that got the ball rollin ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 5, 2008

    Bootlegging Dr Pepper

    The demand for sugar-sweetened Dublin Dr Pepper has never been higher — just ask the bootleggers

  • Culture

    March 20, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Pack of Lies, Translations, Young and Fertle

    The demand for sugar-sweetened Dublin Dr Pepper has never been higher — just ask the bootleggers

  • Culture

    March 13, 2008

    Love of Language

    Words provide beauty in the harsh world of Translations

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Translations

    Be transported to Ireland in all its glory

  • Calendar

    January 31, 2008

    The Blaggards

    Step one: Drink. Step two: Jig.

  • News

    December 27, 2007

    The Year In Film

    Judd Apatow's pretty good year and much more

  • Calendar

    December 6, 2007

    The Irish Tenors’ Christmas Special

    The classical/pop trio makes its debut in Houston

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    The Chieftains

    The Chieftains perform with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pops, Friday through Sunday, January 5, through January 7, at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana, 713-224-7575.

  • Culture

    November 30, 2006

    Wabs and Gabachos on Leprecanos

    The Chieftains perform with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pops, Friday through Sunday, January 5, through January 7, at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana, 713-224-7575.

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2006

    Green Day

    The Chieftains perform with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pops, Friday through Sunday, January 5, through January 7, at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana, 713-224-7575.

  • Music

    February 19, 2004

    The Proclaimers

    Born Innocent (Persevere Records)

  • Film

    December 18, 2003

    Only In America

    Jim Sheridan's semiautobiographical film is as emotionally truthful as it is satisfying

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Ensemble

    Main Street Theater's The Weir

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2003

    A Really Bad Apple

    Main Street Theater's The Weir

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Book by a Local Author

    A Sort of Homecoming, by Robert Cremins

  • Music

    June 20, 2002

    Tuam Raiders

    For Irish rockers the Saw Doctors, the local is universal

  • Music

    March 28, 2002

    Flogging Molly

    Friday, March 29

  • Dining

    September 14, 2000

    Oh, Danny Boy

    A faux Irish pub serves up great meals

  • Dining

    May 4, 2000

    Irish By Design

    Slainte -- Bronx Bar -- Lucia's Garden -- Sur La Table

  • Film

    April 27, 2000

    Empire's End

    High drama and spirited romance spice up The Last September

  • Film

    March 16, 2000

    Return to Sender

    Horny Irish men wait for mail-order brides in The Closer You Get. And wait. And wait.

  • Dining

    April 3, 1997

    Irish Ayes

    At the Claddagh, the order of the day is excellent pub grub

  • Calendar

    March 13, 1997

    Press Picks

    At the Claddagh, the order of the day is excellent pub grub

  • News

    January 5, 1995

    Letters

    At the Claddagh, the order of the day is excellent pub grub

  • Music

    December 1, 1994

    Live Shots

    At the Claddagh, the order of the day is excellent pub grub

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