That Sean Duffy, McKinty’s main character, is a Catholic means that his Northern Irish police superiors are unsure of him and that he is as much an outsider on the Gerry Adams side of his society as on the Ian Paisley side. Continue reading
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Book Review: A Dog’s Soul
Even if I can’t read or write
I can imagine sun flooding a page. Continue reading
Sisters of the Revolutionaries: The Story of Margaret and Mary Brigid Pearse.
The Story of Margaret and Mary Brigid Pearse Continue reading
A Little Gem, at Macedon
Little Gem is a rollicking heart-warmer, though it works hard not to be too sentimental. Continue reading
From Beginning to End
Beckett and MacGowran in Paris Continue reading
Author and Broadcaster, Frank Delaney,
‘the most eloquent man in the world’ Continue reading
To Teach the Young
The world of the Travellers Continue reading
The Sadness Of Dr Mannix
for him nothing remotely matched these Irish events in importance. Continue reading
The Beginning Of Beginning To End
‘How the hell did you get involved in that?’ Continue reading
Poetry
I peel back happiness from the soil, Continue reading
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