When I discovered that the family has been living at the same address since the mid-1700s I began the search for clues about who we were. Continue reading
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The Kildare Fenian
John Devoy – his path was far from smooth. 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
The Josephites Remembered
The Letter Under The Pillow offers a detailed outline of how a diverse group of women helped develop a religious order in countries far from their Irish home, Continue reading
Keneally tackles clerical abuse
this is a book that puts a human face on a serious and painful problem. Continue reading
Of Trolls and Inquisitive Noses
For a lover of dogs, this will be an irresistible read. Continue reading
Draggeldy Rat Tat
Book Review by Frank O’Shea Eimear McBride: The Lesser Bohemians, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2016, 312 pp. ISBN 978 1 9253 5516 1 RRP $32.99 A young Irish girl goes to London to enrol in a drama college. She meets a man twice her age in a pub, and they adjourn to his flat for sex. It is … Continue reading
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
A robust defence of Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Continue reading
Lives lived slightly out of tune
For isn’t everything, if looked at closely,
a little off key: lovers and dancers
only a step out, a step away . Continue reading
THE JOYCE GIRL. By Annabel Abbs.
Indeed the book could be read as a salutary account of a dysfunctional family inside a happy marriage. Continue reading
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