After months of staying in contact ‘Through the Phone’ and via the Wild Youth Facebook group, we finally got to ‘Lose Control’ at our first Wild Youth gig (since December 2019) on Friday the 17th of September. The venue? The Set Theatre, Kilkenny. The… Continue Reading “Gig Review: Wild Youth”
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Gigs were truly back with a bang over the past few weeks for us here at Our Muchness Guide! With a few days to reflect on a fantastic reintroduction to the Irish Music Scene, we are happy to say it was like we never… Continue Reading “Gig Review: Roisin O”
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In the last year, a lot of people have tried to improve themselves during their time in lockdown or take up a new hobby or learn something new and, since lockdown is kind of ending here in Ireland, I’ve decided to have a look… Continue Reading “Lockdown Lessons”
Category: Our MuchnessTags: Baking, Banana Bread, Be Kind, duo, Duolingo, Exercise, Fads, Hobbies, Honest, Interests, Ireland, Lessons, Life lessons, Lockdown, Lockdown Lessons, Lonely, Mental health, Mental Health Matters, Personal, Planning, Self Image, Video Games
Happy Early St Patrick’s Day one and all! Saint Patrick Day is the one day of the year everyone around the world with any sort of Irish heritage gets to celebrate everything that makes the Irish culture and heritage great! We, here at Our… Continue Reading “5 Things to Tune into This Saint Patrick’s Day”
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Greeting guys and ghouls, gals and Gorgons; it is time for another Spooktober blog post and, this time around, I’m here to talk to you about the monsters that have mostly avoided appearing on the big screen… These are the real monsters of the… Continue Reading “The List of Lesser Known Monsters”
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It’s time for me to talk about something I am quite fond of: monsters. So, we’ll start with the ones that everyone is aware of already. Yes, there are plenty of monsters that have appeared on the big and small screen but can you… Continue Reading “The Truth About On-Screen Monsters”
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Good evening. For those of you who don’t know already, Niamh and I are from the sometimes wonderful island of Ireland. Since we are in the run up to my favourite holiday, Halloween, I feel that it is 100% necessary to scare the living… Continue Reading “Best Start Believing In Ghost Stories Ireland….You’re in One”
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Heeeello everybody! It’s the end of June and we are here to share the best bits of the month with you. As you all know this month was Pride month and you may have noticed we changed our colours a little. Just a smidge.… Continue Reading “June Monthly Round Up”
Category: Monthly Round-UpTags: Aladdin, Album of the Month, All American Girl, Book of the Month, Cheesy Movie Recommendation, colours, Dermot Kennedy, Disney Classics, dreams, EP of the Month, Eurovision, Event of the Month, Favourite Item of the Month, Gaming Picks, Gerry Cinnamon, Giants, Good Movie Recommendation, Here We Go Again, Imagine Dragons, Ireland, Irish Women in Harmony, Iron Man, Item of the Month, June, Kodaline, Les Brown, Lock Up Live, Lock Up Live Show, Madagascar, Mamma Mia, Mario Kart 8, Marvel, Marvel Movie Binge, Meg Cabot, Modern Family, Moment of the Month, Monthly Round-Up, Movie Picks, Movie Recommendation, Mulan, Music, Netflix, Night Visions, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, One Day at a Time, Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Pride, Queer Eye, Quote of the Month, RDJ, Ready or Not, Rick Riordan, Robert Downey Jr, Sheldon Cooper, Single of The Month, Switch, The Bonny, The Cranberries, The Eurovision Song Contest, The Lion King, The Song of Fire Saga, Tony Stark, TV Show Picks, Vinyl
Kerry native and singer/songwriter, Lorraine Nash is about to release her Wildflower EP and we are only delighted to review it for you, our lovely readers. Including her first two singles, Wildflower and Changing Tides, the Wildflower EP is a clear indicator of Lorraine’s… Continue Reading “Wildflower EP – Lorraine Nash – O.M.G. Sneak Peek!”
Category: Music Muchness, Review Muchness, Sneak PeekTags: Americana, Amy Macdonald, Breathe, catchy, Changing Tides, Country, Debut EP, Easy Listening, EP, Everything To Me, Folk, harmonies, Homegrown Hero, Ireland, Irish Artist, Irish folk, Irish Music, irish musician, June 5th, Lorraine Nash, Music Video, New EP, New Music, Personal Message, River, Sandi Thom, Sneak Peek, Spotify, Wildflower, Wildflower EP
So in case you haven’t guessed, the Covid19 pandemic has really put a spanner in some of the plans we made but we shall soldier on while we social distance and self isolate. #WeAreAllinThisTogether. But it got me thinking what songs would you think… Continue Reading “25 Songs for Covid19 Isolation”
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