Beckett and MacGowran in Paris Continue reading
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To Teach the Young
The world of the Travellers Continue reading
The Beginning Of Beginning To End
‘How the hell did you get involved in that?’ Continue reading
Forgotten Hero
a man who gave a greater service to his country during the war of Independence and the Civil War Continue reading
Sebastian Barry Wins Costa Award
Sebastian Barry has been awarded the 2016 Costa Award for fiction for his book Days Without End, reviewed in our December edition. The award is made in five categories: Novel, First Novel, Poetry, Biography and Children’s. The first prize is worth just over $AU10 000 and the five winners are in line for the overall … Continue reading
Is this a photograph of the young Ned Kelly?
The photograph was owned by Ellen Kelly, Ned’s mother and passed on to her family after her death in 1923. Continue reading
The Kildare Fenian
John Devoy – his path was far from smooth. Continue reading
Who are your favourite Irish novelists?
Ok, give me two I should read, Continue reading
Long, Long Thoughts
THE BIRTHING By Maurice Brick On our little farm in Gorta Dubha we had for the most times, seven cows. The cows were well respected. They each had a name and a particular stall in the cowshed. We had Bó Dave which we bought from Dave a’Gabha (blacksmith), Bó Danny we bought from Danny Sheehy … Continue reading
The World of Sebastian Barry
You get to love too his elegant turn of phrase, understatement providing more eloquence than a rattle of words. Continue reading
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