For the marginal outsider like myself, this book explained the geopolitical realignments that occurred so quickly and unexpectedly in Ireland between 1958 and 2018. Continue reading
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A Bulwark against Sectarianism – the QIA
The QIA – home of multi-stranded Irish Australian activities – offered all manner of educational and recreational activities… Continue reading
Scéalta Eile-Irish short stories with translations, a review
She is following suit with many other Irish language writers who seem to be more and more releasing bilingual books of Irish and English, these being a very helpful resource for the language learner and those of us who shift between these two languages regularly and enjoy them both. Continue reading
A Right Royal Cup of Tay
Tea drinking may be associated with English culture, but it is still very much part of Irish culture too. Continue reading
Grace Gifford: Just Ephemera? A new discovery in Sydney
A rare example of the ways Grace Gifford Plunkett sought to avoid poverty in the Civil way and the early years of the Free State. Continue reading
Ireland Crowned 2023 Grand Slam Champions
Tinteán’s resident rugby fanatic Steve Carey wraps up a highly entertaining Six Nations Championship In Dublin on St Patrick’s weekend, Ireland duly collected their fourth Grand Slam and their first completed at home, thanked the hated English for coming, got their coats on and went out for a drink. In the process they saw captain … Continue reading
Hidden Cargoes by Chris Arthur
Hidden Cargoes is a substantive work of research and creative analysis that also reads like a gentle musing on life by a favourite relative. Continue reading
Irish History Professors in Irish Universities: The Third one in our Brief Life Series. Professor G. A. Hayes-McCoy.
Composing these words brings to mind a man who, in my experience, was always kind, cautious and considerate, and one who believed that by writing, teaching and example he could make his country a more reasonable, and therefore a more tolerant, society than it had been during his boyhood and early manhood years. Continue reading
Irish Fiddle Music in Nulla Nulla Creek
A musical tradition found along the banks of the winding stream that makes up the Nulla Nulla Creek where my grandfather Billy Kyle lovingly nurtured Irish traditional music so that we too remember and indeed continue to cherish those songs and sounds today. Continue reading
Three New Irish Women Writers
One from Sligo, one from Galway, one from Dublin, three modern Irish women writers Continue reading
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