But I have begun to mull over the possibility of having my ashes scattered over my grandmother’s grave, Continue reading
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Negotiating the Fringe in Edinburgh
Irish plays in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Continue reading
Yeppoon
They had emigrated from Cork in their teens and had never been back. Continue reading
A Tourist in the 1850s and 1860s: William Smith O’Brien
In 1849 William Smith O’Brien’s interest in foreign travel was boosted on his transportation for High Treason to Van Diemen’s Land, and despite all the problems and irritations of foreign travel in the nineteenth century, O’Brien never gave up foreign travel, and assiduously recorded his experiences Continue reading
Climbing Mount Brandon
… climbing Brandon has been part of an ancient pilgrimage route going back to pre-Christian times. Lughnasa on the last weekend in July was the traditional pilgrimage time… Continue reading
Monumentality on Photographic Paper
It is odd to be thinking of photographic portraits on heavy paper as monumental. But that is exactly what David Monahan has achieved in his stunning art photo documentary series, Leaving Dublin, on display at the Immigration Museum until 25 August 2013. Viewing it should not be put on a long finger. It’s the sort … Continue reading
Trieste and the Making of a Modern Everyman
Literary tourism is a strange monster – a bit mystical and very superstitious. Cities acquire the properties of second-class relics – one can reverently partake of some of their mana and metaphorically touch the hem or the coffee cup that might have touched the lip. Continue reading
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