The Spaniard, Belfast - ''A rocking little rum bar in the Cathedral Quarter.'' So says the blurb. It goes on to say - '...

It's back. Swedey McSwedeface - the series I nicked shamelessly from my good friend The Swede - makes a welcome return. And who bet...

For Fox Sake Text message from my cousin Ray on Thursday: Fox On the Run came on the radio...I nearly came  with it. Fucking bri...

Liverpool tomorrow. I'm training it - using split tickets for the first time - ETA into Lime Street around lunchtime. Ray's fly...

English pubs may well be closing at a rate of 20+ a week but, in all fairness, a lot of those falling by the wayside had probably outstayed ...

The Fab 4 We've not done the Matthew Street Festival in Liverpool for a couple of years now; setting up base camp in the sweaty conf...

When my cousin Raymond Murray was asked way back in 1975 by John K**** (our tearaway, black sheep of a cousin) who his favourite cousin w...

'Roscommon' acrylic on canvas L ater this year I shall be making an emotional return to Roscommon . From being a babe in arms...

'Two of Us' Ray and Jack went to see a production of Let it Be at the Grand Opera House this week. Holding a Doctorate in The Fa...

The new resident pianist in The Europa Hotel (pictured moments before the blast) As I alluded to a couple of weeks ago my cousin Raymon...

McNamara's finest Prior to this photograph being taken in 2009, outside The Crown Liquor Saloon In Belfast,  I'd not seen my cou...

My cousin Ray has been around these parts on at least one previous occasion. Not not only do we share the same set of grandparents, b...

As a young Frank Sinatra once said: 'It's nice to go trav'ling, but it's so much nicer to come home.' After a few days i...

We're going north of the border to hook up with my cousin and his family. Ray lives in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, but has won a holid...