Irish music and life in northern Greece
λαζαρέτο – lazaretto, a maritime quarantine station. Lazarettos (or lazarets) could also be ships permanently anchored offshore or islets. There is an obvious connection with the parable of Lazarus the beggar, and lazarettos were strongly associated with leprosy or plague. Babiniotis cites Santa Maria di Nazaret, a quarantine facility, as being the root of the... Continue Reading →
19th March 2022. It’s years since I have been to a museum yet in the past 10 days I have visited two. My brother-in-law loves military history, so he asked me to visit the War Museum here in Thessaloniki or, rather, the Thessaloniki Branch of the War Museum (in Athens). ‘Branch’ was how παράρτημα was... Continue Reading →
The adventure continues. A week and a half of success. Our session on Sunday 13th March went very well with 15 musicians turning up. We returned to the Dubliner on Thursday 17th March for the St. Patrick’s party and to hear Tir Fada. They were really on form as were the blues band that followed... Continue Reading →
κυβερνοεπίθεση – cyberattack The Greek Postal System, ELTA (ΕΛΤΑ), has been hacked. This has resulted in a temporary shutdown of all the computer systems in every post office branch in the country. The story is here: https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/1224191/kuvernoepithesi-sta-pliroforiaka-sustimata-ton-elta/ And in English: https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1180274/greek-postal-service-reports-cyber-attack/ Here are some other ‘cyber-‘ words. Although the English word ‘cybernetics’ is a borrowing... Continue Reading →
4th March 2022. Salonika slopes downwards from the Seikh Sou Forest to the sea. About 40 years ago the “peripheric” ring road was built cutting through the forest. The areas that were city-side have since been built up. My mother-in-law’s home is near the forest, and I used to walk to the highest point, from... Continue Reading →
ημερίδα – a seminar In all the years I have been involved with Greece and Greek, this word escaped me until a week or two ago. It is not a word I have known previously but forgotten. I’d managed to get through life without ever seeing it or consciously hearing it. I’m sure the following... Continue Reading →
The Dubliner’s website has been updated. Our next session is being advertised so we are getting ready for Sunday 13th March. I have talked previously about Grevena’s St. Patrick’s Festival and its cancellation in 2020 and 2021. It will not receive any support this year either, but I have been asked to organise a session... Continue Reading →
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