Saturday, January 31, 2009

Did you know?

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Lady Jane Francesca "Speranza" Wilde, writer, translator, poet and mother of Oscar died in 1896. She was buried in a paupers grave...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Bioenergy for Health

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I have to admit I am intrigued by bioenergy healing. In recent times Catherine has brought relief to people suffering from neuralgia, chroni...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

De Brakke Hond, No. 76, 2002

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De Brakke Hond is a literary magazine published in the Netherlands featuring works in Dutch and Flemish. No.76 was a special bilingual Irish...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Hard Times

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The removal of Arts Council funding from the Writers Centre is likely to be just the first in a series of cut-backs to this sector over the ...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Emigration, Racism and the Irish

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Anti-Irish Propaganda from Punch It’s not so long ago since the “No Irish” signs came down. It seemed that we were seeing the end of endless...
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Monday, January 12, 2009

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Sea-Wash by Carl Sandburg THE SEA-WASH never ends. The sea-wash repeats, repeats. Only old songs? Is that all the sea knows? Only the old st...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Spectacular Ireland

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Spectacular Ireland is down the west coast and most spectacular of all is Skellig Michael. As the boat travels towards it, the gannets drift...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

SiarScéal Festival 2009

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Strokestown, Co Roscommon, will host two literary festivals in 2009. The annual Strokestown International Poetry Festival will take place fr...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Translation

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Hi Sabne, Geantrai is an Irish translation of a very early and very undercooked poem by myself. It went more or less like this. River Dusk ...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

GEANTRAI TRATHNONA BEAG

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Chuir Nuala N Gallachóir as na Doire Beaga an gaeilge ar an dán seo agus 's é mo thuairim go bhfuil sé i bhfad nios fearr sa gaeilge.Tá ...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Sky, Bog, Mountain

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I think Irish skies are stunning. The combination of bogland, mountain, lake and sky in our part of Donegal is frequently breathtaking. Thes...

Let’s hope God’s not a hen.

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Here are 2 scenes from Baraka. Made in 1992, directed by Ron Fricke, it traces a downward spiral from a spectacular planet set in a wondrous...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

My Poetry Choice for Christmas

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Top of my wish-list this year is Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge/Love Poems in Irish edited by Ciaran Mac Murchaidh with artwork by Anna Nielsen an...
Sunday, November 9, 2008

I Give You

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I wrote "I Give You" a number of years ago.It is part a series of love poems I had plans to dramatize under the title "Under ...
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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Rathmines Writers Book Launch

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The Rathmines Writers group celebrate the launching a new book in Rathmines Town Hall (Rathmines College)on 27th Nov approx 7.30pm.