The Tinteán Collective would like to apologise to Dr Nuala McAllister Hart, author of Josef Locke – The People’s Tenor, for the inadvertent use of unacknowledged material from her book, in the ‘What’s On’ post, Josef Locke,of the September 2017 issue of Tinteán. We regret any inconvenience caused to Dr McAllister Hart. Details of the publication of Dr McAllister’s … Continue reading →

Now, a decade after it first appeared Tinteán has come to another point where hard decisions have to be made. Continue reading →

A Tribute on the occasion of his funeral by Perry McIntyre Firstly, my heartfelt sympathy to Tom’s extended family and friends. Particular thanks to his wife, Trish, for asking me to say something today about one of Tom’s great passions and achievements – the building of the Memorial to the Great Irish Famine at the … Continue reading →

Book Review by Hugh Vaughan Gerald Dawe. In Another World: Van Morrison and Belfast. Merrion Press, Dublin Nov 2017. h/b 134 pp ISBN: 9781785371462 RRP: €11.99   And then from outside the frosty window raps She jumps up and says, Lord, have mercy I think it’s the cops And immediately drops everything she gots Down into the … Continue reading →