if this was all we had a thousand years from now, it would be the basis for a sound reconstruction of the political, social and economic life in Ireland in the century since 1916. Continue reading
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Poetry
When my Mother wielded her bow
She could make the music ring. Continue reading
Poetry – The Tao of Grass
It is a tune stolen
From the ponies’ prayers. Continue reading
Once Upon a Barstool
What a rarity it is to be seduced by the sound of the human voice and the beauty and rhythm of the spoken word: Continue reading
Poetry
does God not see
our tears falling on the ground
near the stony road Continue reading
War Poetry and Peacekeeping by Michael J Whelan
The exhibition features many poems inspired by events during the poet’s tours of duty as an Irish United Nation’s Peacekeeper Continue reading
The Agonies of Easter 1916
The information is concise and relevant, and demonstrates the diversity of this close cultural friendship group.
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Poetry by Maria Wallace
unspoken words waiting
to be given a sound. Continue reading
First the Exhibition; now the Fine Art Book
This is a glorious edition, which adds a lot to the exhibition so many of us enjoyed at the Immigration Museum in Flinders Street – in 2012. Continue reading
Irish men, and a special one – Owen Roe
Renee Huish would count this play, In Search of Owen Roe, as one of the finest she has enjoyed at the much-loved theatre (La Mama). Continue reading
