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Ireland and Brexit
Relief in Ireland after Brexit deal. Continue reading
Ireland and Brexit: Time to NIxit?
Will Britain’s withdrawal from the EU be a catalyst for the breakup of the EU? An opinion piece by historian and lawyer, Jeff Kildea. Continue reading
Barney Cooney, lawyer and senator – by Bernie Brophy
This concern for the underdog was passed onto Barney and he became renowned as a fighter for the poor and the disadvantaged. Continue reading
Brigidfest 2021
Gabrielle Williams on Women of the Irish Resistance. Continue reading
More Reviews from the Online Irish Film Festival 2020
The fact that such a masterful piece of cinema is the debut feature film for writer and director Tomás Ó Súilleabháin, and the outstanding performances of Dónal Ó Héalai, Dara Devaney and young Saise Ní Chuinn speaks volumes for the maturity and depth of talent present in the Irish film industry today. Continue reading
From Rural Irish to the Queen’s English
During a discussion of the letter Q, Tocsvig said that the word quaff possibly originated in the Irish language Continue reading
The Importance of the Gaelic Revival
Their literature, their games, their religion and certainly their language existed at a higher level than anything the locals had to offer. Continue reading
Poems from Terry McDonagh
Three Mayo poems from Terry McDonagh’s forthcoming collection, Two Notes for Home: Along The Wild Atlantic Way It’s raining in Killala today.Not a day for whimperingor whinging – only a shower.Doors are still not numbered,two women share an umbrellabut there’s sunlight enough tobacklight a cat in a cosy corner. My name is non-headline.I’m a nosy … Continue reading
New Irish Fiction
Book reviews by Frank O’Shea THE GOOD TURN. By Dervla McTiernan. HarperCollins 2020. 386 pp. ISBN: 978 14607 5679 9 RRP: $32.99 If what you want is a story that grabs you from the opening line and keeps you away from the television and exiled from house duties, here is the book for you. Dervla … Continue reading
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