The Country Shop to the memory of Mullarkey’s shop, Listrisnane, Bohola, Co. Mayo Sorrow is where a unit of shop, house and home have shut – a stronghold clinging to the bend like a rainbow spanning an ark from the hills above down to the crossroads. Mother, steadfast as the Angelus bell among bags of … Continue reading
human paths dancing ancient steps Continue reading
May your life shine like the sun, your mouth be filled with laughter Continue reading
what path what peace lies before you Continue reading
Tanka, conventionally used to celebrate nature and the seasons, is also perfect for registering the evanescent responses of the cultural outsider to new landscapes. Continue reading
we can still celebrate this Day for women and by women through many languages, colours and poetic dimensions. Continue reading
Do you agree that when poetry and music meet and match, the magic of the senses release the greatest of satisfactions? Continue reading
The exact circumstances about the love affair, Banjo’s break up with his fiancé Sarah Riley, and the death of the Swagman may never be known. Continue reading
Another in Tinteán’s ongoing series of tributes to Seamus Heaney, arguing that Heaney’s rapid canonisation was due to his attractive subjects and themes, and to his poems’ suitability for contemporary criticism. Continue reading
Eileen Haley captures the indomitability of Constance Markiewicz in a quilt which celebrates an eventful life as a free-spirited and pro-active woman. Continue reading
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