Tinteán wishes all our readers Nollaig agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise Happy Christmas and New Year. A big thank you to all of our contributors this year and to our retiring editor Trevor McClaughlin. Beimid ar ais! We will be back in February 2024. And we wish to thank retiring editor, Trevor McClaughlin, historian and genealogist … Continue reading
Posted in December 2023 …
Eamonn Wall: transatlantic poet part two
Much commemorated in literature and music, the 1798 legend lives on in the town because the geography and townscape have changed little. Wall walks the same trails meandering alongside the Slaney. That is his Enniscorthy, a place of enduring pain, and ancient prayer represented here by his poem, ‘Night Heron’ Continue reading
Famine Orphan ‘Sisters’ from Mayo
The stories of Earl Grey Famine emigrants, Catherine Joyce and Honor Soles. Continue reading
‘Fairytale of New York’ Shane McGowan
rish poetry is known for its lyricism and romanticism, and it might be seem strange to find beauty in the controversial ‘Fairy Tale of New York’, but comparisons can indeed be made between this popular song and traditional love poetry. Continue reading
Mary Murphy’s Christmas Pudding
As I was growing up in Edenderry, near Tullamore, in Ireland, my mother always made a Christmas pudding. The smells of the pudding, wrapped in cloth, pervaded the house with the scent of Christmas approaching. Continue reading
Tasty bits from Irish literature
Some dainty morsels from Irish Literature… Continue reading
Celebrating and Defending Democracy
Bernard Collaery on the recent court case in which he was prosecuted under legislation to ‘protect the national interest’ Continue reading
Some Irish and Australian History
Two books of history, one recent, and one book that is actually a novel. Continue reading
Holiday Reading from Tinteán
Some popular reads from Tintean for under a banyan or on the verandah in a cool breeze…. Continue reading
What’s on in December ’23 – February ’24
A Conference, a Book Launch in Adelaide, and Brigidfest Continue reading
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