He came from nothing, but his success left him isolated and alone. Continue reading
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VLAD & ME
Written and performed by James McCaughey who is a regular contributor to Tintean. It also features Matthew Horsley on uilleann pipes VLAD & ME Conversations with the soul about reincarnation and other inconveniences 4 — 5 JUNE 2019 Southbank Theatre, The Lawler PRESENTED BY Redfinch productions ‘Mr President, when I look into your eyes I see a … Continue reading
The Multiple Identities of the Irish in Victoria
Irish-Australians call ourselves Irish Catholics, which is true culturally but our spiritual formation was not specifically Irish, but continental Catholicism. Continue reading
The ‘Best Choir in the Anglosphere’
Catherine Fitzpatrick, a convict’s wife, conductor of the first choir of an infant colony. Continue reading
A Town in Print
A fake new party in Listowel: Tom Doodle promised the citizens that he would open a factory for shaving the hair off gooseberries Continue reading
From the Papers
Some items from the news – Brexit, Roddy Doyle, Pat Spillane, Bertie Aherne, Mark O’Connor…. Continue reading
From Dublin with Love
Roddy Doyle’s Charlie Savage is the best remedy for a bad mood or a feeling that life is going too fast Continue reading
Recalling Daniel Mannix
Morgan’s book, The Mannix Era, is richly personal. It is written with considerable charm and an acerbic wit. But to read it in 2019 is to be overwhelmed by its masculinist perspective. Continue reading
From the Papers
Sportsman in trouble; Irexit, RIP Richie Ryan Continue reading
Murder in Irish; Trial in English
An historic murder conviction overturned Continue reading
