Ernest Hemingway was indeed James Joyce's drinking buddy --and sometimes body guard. They met at Shakespeare and Company, and was later a frequent companion among the bars of Paris with writers like Wyndham Lewis and Valery Larbaud.

The Martello Tower is at the summit of the fortifications and Millmount Museum, which won an International Gulbenkian Museum Award, is open all year round and admission includes access to the tower, providing a beautiful view of the expansive modern Irish town.

Millmount Tower  after the attack in 1922 by Irish free state forces

Uh! Ooh! I have a current events joke!

Go easy on anyone drunk.

When I heard that the A/C had gone out at the AT&T Center in San Antonio tonight for the NBA finals, I thought to myself... I guess this favors the Heat.

WELL SAID!!!