Annual Michael Collins commemoration takes place at Beal na mBlath

The annual commemoration of Irish hero and cultural legend Michael Collins takes place every year outside of the town of Clonakilty at a place called Beal na mBlath.
It is a celebration of the achievements of this military master mind and political genius during very turbulent times in Irish history.
It is at a commemoration where he was assassinated by opposition forces. This character of Irish history is often referred to as the Che Guevara of Ireland.

There is a Hollywood movie about Michael Collins1996 the movie with Liam Nealson, directed by Neil Jordan, Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

Global downturn is Ireland's economic collapse

Global downturn is Ireland's economic collapse:

The recent global slowdown has resulted in a reversion to the Ireland of the 1980's or even the 1950's

Whilst the problems are serious and severe one website has offered an aluminum shawl marketed along the lines of an old Irish tradition of shawl wearing offering protection.

It protects against the rain and the cold and is perfect for late night spreadsheet calculating and is moderately sustainable in the fact that it does not burn fossil fuels, unlike the coal fires of the 1950s in drafty post war housing estates in urban Ireland.
Not only does it protect from the elements it also might protect you from the current global downturn.
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