Kevin McCarthy has made his surname known in America. Here is one of his ancestors. Continue reading
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Bilingual Haiku
Crainn Jacaranda,/buamaí gorma áille…
Jacaranda trees,lovely explosions of blue. Continue reading
November rain in Dublin
by Michael Patrick Moore ‘Come here to me, let me tell ya, don’t the living be busy today?’comings and goings on Graftonand on Merrion; where the craic is good,O’Donaghues is full. There are footsteps on quay, bridge and streettapping away like rain on tin,all servants of masters with somewhere to be or someone to meetand … Continue reading
Reflections from Eda Payne
There was a time when thoughts
were clear and led to productive
musings. Continue reading
Artful Music with an Irish Pedigree
A new CD from Irish-born Martin Doherty, which sings of random acts of kindness, cameliers of the Australian desert, and disposable factory workers. Continue reading
Ar thóir gach ní In search of everything
She points out how the dog is happy to see him home too and the cat in her own way. The bougainvillea has grown wild without his care, the olives need picking. She then notices his inability to respond and offers her arms, in which he finally releases his emotions, relieved to be home again. Continue reading
English exam board removes works of Irish writers to promote diversity
Heaney’s poem ‘Punishment’ will also be removed from the OCR’s GCSE poetry anthology from September 2022. GCSEs are the basic level of qualification in British education, while A-levels are taken by secondary school students aged between 16 and 18. Continue reading
Seasonal Poems
Vermeer would have made much of it Continue reading
What’s On
Upcoming Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar on Heaney’s visit to Australia in 1994. Continue reading
A Tribute to the Irish poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922-2021)
Tá racht agus tnúth ann, agus ní cheiltear an chollaíocht.
Her voice is the voice of a young woman who did not hide her sexuality. Continue reading
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