May your life shine like the sun, your mouth be filled with laughter Continue reading
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Cultural Heritage Committee Events for 2014 at the Celtic Club
Events and activities of the Cultural Heritage Committee Continue reading
Pictures that speak eloquently of Seamus Heaney
The Guardian published a series of photos of Seamus Heaney on the occasion of his death. They tell much about the man.
Move over, Flann O’Brien.
Here is a book to restore your faith in reading, to make you laugh loudly and often. You will be enthralled by the way words can be used to coax you into a story that is sad and funny and uplifting and engrossing, all at the same time. Continue reading
A mad and wonderful thing?
…the greatest challenge in the book is confronting the difference between the sniper fighting the enemy soldier, and indiscriminate bombing likely to target many innocent people. Continue reading
Remembering Seamus Heaney
Mickey. Make the silence speak before you ever open your mouth. In other words never speak to a class or make presentation until you have their complete and undivided attention. Continue reading
Abhaile
what path what peace lies before you Continue reading
Sebastian Barry’s Gentlemen
Credit has been slow in coming … for the members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, the RIC. Continue reading
A Tale of Bottom-Feeders
This book, by a new writer, comes heavily laden with credentials…. Continue reading
Who Says ‘Ulysses’ is too Difficult to Read?
Contesting the notion that Joyce’s Ulysses is too hard for ordinary mortals to read…. Continue reading
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