A film review of Kneecap by Isla Sutherland Kneecap, Screen playwright and Director, Rich Peppiat, Starring Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Cinematography by Ryan Kernaghan, Distribution by Wildcard [1](Ireland) Curzon Film (United Kingdom), 2024. Kneecap explores Northern Irish identity and what it means to be part of the ‘ceasefire generation’ amidst … Continue reading
A book about Tory Island’s history and mythology directed at the younger reader as well as the curious outsider. Continue reading
Irish gatherings in antiquity that have survived into modern times, and their ritual functions. Continue reading
It says something about our collective love of celebrity, chaos and flashy headlines that the subtitle of this book is the ‘Forgotten father, of Thomas Francis Meagher’…There is no doubt however, that the life and times of the father are a history worth telling… Continue reading
Missing Persons offers an important counternarrative to the unsatisfactory official histories perpetuated by the various inquiries into institutional abuse. The Commission of Investigation is just the latest iteration. Its significance, however, does not lie Continue reading
Riverdance changed global perceptions of Irish dance. Continue reading
Women are the powerhouse of The Wren, the Wren and demonstrably and progressively make meaning and lives independent of men Continue reading
A feast of Irish film available in Sydney, but also online around Australia. A roundup from Enda Murray and team. Continue reading
A Miscellany: Plays, Bloomsday, Christmas in July, Lughnasa Bacon and Cabbage, Talks, Music, singing, Dancing Continue reading
The problems of Palestine and Northern Ireland share a common origin in the decline of the British empire after the First World War. In the early 1920s the British imposed half-baked solutions on both Continue reading
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