Perhaps without knowing it, Dan O’Riordan tells the story of his redemption as a tribute to Australia and the powerful connection that exists between our two nations. Continue reading
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Books of Interest
Recently published books, of interest to our readers. Continue reading
Sympathetic biography of ‘the powerful enigmatic Mannix’
Brenda Niall’s biography of Mannix takes a personal, indeed quite an intimate, approach to Mannix. It is certainly not uncritical…. Continue reading
Seán O’Faoláin: Literature, Inheritance and the 1930s,
..his study covers what could arguably be the most significant and influential period of O’Faoláin’s writing and fledgling political and journalistic life. Continue reading
From Art to Execution
In the early hours of 4 May 1916, Willie Pearse and three of his colleagues were executed by firing squad for their part in the Easter Rising. His more famous brother, Patrick, had been executed with two others on the previous day and, in total, sixteen of the rebels met their deaths in the same way. Continue reading
An Irish-Speaking Island
The 19th century is commonly regarded as the century in which the Irish language suffered a calamitous collapse: a century in which it survived on the margins, largely irrelevant in politics, in law, in education. English (it is argued) was the vehicle of modernisation, Irish increasingly the language of the poor, the old, the ragged tellers of ancient stories. Continue reading
Recital of unique Irish Litany.
The celebration will include readings from the early Latin and Irish accounts of Carthage’s life, Continue reading
Welcome To Dromana 800
Nature of event: A celebration of the FitzGerald family: 1215 -2015 Where: Dromana, Villierstown in West Waterford When: Thursday July 2nd to Sunday July 5th 2015 Cost: Weekend Ticket: € 199.00 (See below) Further information: Dromana 800 ; Homepage From Thursday July 2nd to Sunday July 5th 2015 we will celebrate 24 generations of the FitzGerald family at Dromana, … Continue reading
ISAANZ Maynooth
this conference will also have a specific focus around the idea of diversity. Continue reading
Irish ANZAC Gallipoli commemorations
As someone who has relatives who died at Gallipoli and in the Somme, I have an appreciation for how these men and their legacies were overlooked in Ireland for decades. Continue reading
