The peacemaking legacy of Daniel Berrigan, S.J Continue reading
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Ireland Out of Eurovision Final
Ireland is out of Eurovision. So what went wrong? Continue reading
The Darlinghurst Seven
A small number of citizens of Irish extraction decided that it was better to fight for Ireland than for the Empire Continue reading
Reflections On The Significance Of Easter Week 1916 (Part Two)
Yes – 1916 was the great break with the past! Continue reading
An Australian in Dublin for Easter 2016
Dublin was one big fete. Continue reading
Remembering the Rising
It is important that in remembering and commemorating what happened that we don’t glorify or justify it. Continue reading
Let Wonder Hold Sway
Diane Fahey’s poems about her dying mother are eloquent with understated grief… Continue reading
Portrait of a patriot – Thomas Kent
A Book Review by Renée Huish Meda Ryan: 16 Lives: Thomas Kent, O’Brien Press, Dublin, 2016. ISBN: 9781847172655 RRP: €14.99 paperback; €10.99 ePub. In the wake of The Easter Rising in Ireland in April 1916 fourteen men were executed by firing squad at Kilmainham gaol in Dublin. Thomas Kent was executed in Cork. All the firing squad executions … Continue reading
Commemorations and Protest Poetry
Many of the participating poets had been enthusiastic supporters of the Gaelic League – Irish language advocates, poets, playwrights, newspaper writers on cultural and socialist matters. Their loss must have been a severe one to the emergent Free State. Continue reading
‘Wishes for my Son’ and ‘Comrades’ – two poems of the Easter Rising 1916
For I wish you more than I
Ever knew of glorious deed Continue reading
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