Ireland had a G4 3000 years before Christ…. Continue reading
Posted in July 2017 …
The Irish History Circle Meeting July 2017
‘The Orange Order Parades’
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Killurin to Kalgoorlie: the making of Hugh Mahon
The Honourable Hugh Mahon is one of the most interesting personalities in the national legislature. There has been more stirring incident in his career than in a dozen ordinary men’s lives. Continue reading
Teenage Kicks – A Musical Journey
My first ‘dance’, a hop, as it was known then, was at the local ‘Legion of Mary’, organised by a fellow teenager…. Continue reading
‘1904 and all that…’: Barry Jones on James Joyce
James Joyce was one of a long list of great writers who failed to win the Nobel Prize for Literature: Ibsen, Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Zola, Hardy, Henry James, August Strindberg…. Continue reading
Poetry by Maria Wallace
this island scorns, defies life
from sunrise to the midnight moon
Eurovision Song Contest: Is It Time For Ireland To Take A Break?
For the fourth consecutive year, Ireland has failed to qualify for the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Continue reading
Harry Clarke’s War
the book is beautifully produced and illustrated Continue reading
Colloquium on Sunburnt Irish
Thousands of Irish left the country in ships carrying with them all they owned, including the Irish language Continue reading
Irish girls and their Famine story honoured
It’s a memory I’ll hold forever, it’s made me take an interest in our history. Continue reading
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