St.Brigid is now commemorated by so many events worldwide. I Continue reading
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New activities to see in Dublin: a traveller’s tale
It had been many, many, years since my sister and I had been upstairs on a double decker bus. Just holding on to the two side bars on the steps going up was enough to bring back memories of running up those steps as teenagers and of boys using them to swing down without touching the steps, to the annoyance of the bus conductor. Continue reading
Stormont Restored
Stormont’s new Nationalist First Minister installed. Continue reading
Prospects for a United Ireland
The Good Friday Agreement stipulates that the Northern Ireland Secretary should only call for a plebiscite on Irish unity when it would likely succeed…. Continue reading
The Dublin Riot – Ireland’s wake-up call
What was once an ethnically homogeneous country has turned into a multicultural society in the space of less than 30 years Continue reading
What’s on February 24 and beyond
Films, Races, St Pat’s Celebrations, Celtic Connections, A Book Launch & Genealogy Continue reading
Famine Orphan ‘Sisters’ from Mayo
The stories of Earl Grey Famine emigrants, Catherine Joyce and Honor Soles. Continue reading
Tasty bits from Irish literature
Some dainty morsels from Irish Literature… Continue reading
Impressive New Irish Documentaries
Three New Documentary films at the Irish Film Festival, including two love songs to Dublin. Continue reading
The Failure of the Socialist Dream in the Free State
Dermot Bolger’s novel deals with the decline of the landed Anglo-Irish class, the rise and fall of Soviet-style Socialism in Ireland after the establishment of the Free State Continue reading