Brendan Guilfoyle
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During my graduate days in Texas I did a bit of freight-hopping up and down the US. While it is years since I've
taken to the rails, a narrative about one of my journeys was pretty popular on my old website. I've reproduced it
here.
I was also inspired by the Mexican indigenous Zapatistas and their struggle for justice. I helped produce a zine of
stories written by Subcommandante Marcos about a beetle called Don Durito. It has since been updated and published as a
book. The early version I was involved in producing is here.
More recently, I have been interested in the proposal to convert a disused railway line near my house in Kerry into a
hike and bike path. A blog on this can be found here.
As a cyclist commuter I have availed of the government bike to work scheme whereby your employer
purchases a bike for you to cycle to work, and you pay it off over a year, minus 40% in the form of tax breaks. While the scheme was
introduced courtesy of the Irish Green Party it won't (nor should it) save them at the next election.
I also enjoy reading The Pylon, a satire on life in the fictitious Irish "Free University". It started out over a decade ago as an underground zine at ITT, but has recently migrated to the internet.
Two of my brothers are professional jazz musicians and have extensive webpages at: |