Lots of people come to our Irish recipe pages at the European Cuisines website in search of “the genuine Irish Coffee” recipe. We’ve had the recipe in text form for a long time, but now the website of the World Irish Coffee Festival has given Irish Coffee its own online presence detailing its history […]

Posted in History, Note to self, Travel 1 Comment »

But it’ll probably help.
Technorati Tags: Ireland, 1916, the Easter Rising

Posted in History 1 Comment »

We are apparently in the longest period since 113 B.C. during which no one has crossed the Rhine with fire and sword.

Posted in History 4 Comments »

Ready for this? The Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway”…otherwise known as “The Daddy Longlegs Railway”….
…A railway that needed a sea captain.
Because it was travelling over the sea, the only way the Pioneer could obtain a licence was to have a trained sea captain actually operating it or being available at all times. He […]

Posted in Fantasy and science fiction, History No Comments »