Greetings Nerds, geeks and general internet explorers.

Hello to all who have stumbled upon this blog, I am Ciaran, but for all sakes during these blogs I shall be known as the Irish Nerd. Now what are you in for? Well to be honest, my blogs will explore a number of things. Comic books, movies, cartoons, role-playing games, books, videogames and general tings like what is Ireland like and where the hell did the Irish stereotype originate and other things

Now you are probably wondering why I am doing this or why should you care. Well first off, how you ever heard of an Irish Nerd, no funnily enough. Why? Well only in recent years Ireland has started to gain access to this whole new genre. Before the dawn of the twentieth century. Ireland was a fairly poor country and, well the average Irish person couldn’t afford anything bar food beer and to lesser degree cigarettes. In the year 1997 Ireland entered into a new age of prosperity and economic growth. This improved the income of the average Irish person, allowing them to spend more money and explore new areas and hobbies. By the close the first decade of twentieth first century. Ireland had moved on. Ireland now had a new breed of Irish people.

THE IRISH NERDS AND IRISH GEEKS WERE BORN

Now I myself am somewhat new to this. I believe my first steps into becoming a nerd originated
back in 2001 when I stayed up late to watch the final episode of Star trek Voyager. From there my descent began. Major headway was made in 2005 when started my first proper hobby. Star Trek the card game from decipher. The final part to my baptism as a nerd came in mid 2006 while playing a star trek card game tournament. I was waiting my next match when I came across Marvel Civil War issue no 3. Now I had grown up with the marvel cartoons of the nineties and always liked Marvel, so the thought of these heroes fighting each other in an actual superhero civil war, sent my mind ablaze. I don’t know was it the sugar rush of the junk food I was eating or the heat or even my own wish to leave the path of the typical Irish man who played sports and did nothing fantasy or science fictional and travel on a new unexplored path.

So on that day, a day unlike any other, when the Irish norm went out the window, and no amount of church doctrine or hurling or Sport or beer could stop. A normal teenager died that day and was born anew as The Irish Nerd. Ireland was the same again.

Now I fight to create a new more open Ireland. An Ireland free of its stereotype and conservative nature, but open to a new age of comics and games that involve you imagination.

Every time you read my blogs you give me hope that I can change Ireland and that my opinion matters or even people

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