Dublin was a deposed and distressed capital, a city in decline. Continue reading
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Recording and Creating Irish Musical Identities
A book about the recording of Irish music which raises questions about whether Irish traditional music emanates from a distinctive and stable Irish culture or the extent to which it assimilates new and ‘foreign’ influences…. Continue reading
When you lock your doors…
French’s novel traces the gradual deterioration of the moral certainties and ethical uprightness of all the main characters. Continue reading
Melbourne before Mannix: Catholics in Public Life 1880-1920
Some of the questions raised then about the place and role of religion in secular society remain with us still. Continue reading
‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph’: Not a curse, an aspiration
Monica Corish’s poems celebrate liminalities. These songs that sing of the west of Ireland avoid conventionalities, clichés, the overly familiar. Continue reading
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