Poems in Irish by Colin Ryan. Continue reading
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A Labour History Library documenting Irish Workers in Salford, England
the Irish have played a key role in the labour and trade union movement in Britain. Continue reading
Behind the scenes of Zoomsday Bloomsday
A sneak peek into Bloomsday rehearsals on Zoom under strict social distancing measures. Continue reading
Eavan Boland: Giving poetic voice to women.
Eavan Boland wrote of the wounds carried in the Irish psyche through the death of its heroes. Continue reading
New Irish Fiction
Two contemporary fictions reviewed, one about the ever popular Bram Stoker, and the other about the challenges facing millennials. Continue reading
A word for the Brothers
Their schools were known for their tough discipline, but they deserve the country’s thanks. Continue reading
Canonical Australian writers with ties to Ireland
Women writers in Australian in the first half of the twentieth century were flying blind in the face of a culture that didn’t really expect them to be successful as writers Continue reading
The Hermit Priest
A book about an Irish hermit and priest who spent 47 years in the West Australian desert and opened cross-cultural religious dialogue with indigenous Australians. Continue reading
Ceo Bruithne agus scéalta eile by Colin Ryan
Ceo Bruithne agus scéalta eile (Heat Haze and other stories) Book Review by Dymphna Lonergan Colin Ryan Ceo Bruithne agus scéalta eile. Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2019. 100 pp. ISBN: 978 1 7844 203 3 RRP: €10 A heat haze, according to Wikipedia, is ‘a shimmering of the air near the ground that distorts distant views’. ‘Ceo Bruithne’ is … Continue reading
About my Belfast Girls
Jaki McCarrick talks about the writing, at ‘white heat’, of her play, ‘Belfast Girls’. Continue reading
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