Saturday, May 31, 2014

The Douglas Hyde Conference 2014

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I’m chairing this year’s conference, which takes place on July 18 th in Ballaghaderreen. Entitled ‘The Unsaved Harvest: Rural Irelan...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

from Painting Women

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        Her skin is clear and white (as I see it); he picks out the heat and cold that is in her flesh so her belly is blue a...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

All Dublin in your armchair

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If ever you plan to go to Dublin, I suggest you make a virtual tour first, and you'll no finer way to wander through the city than by St...
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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Irish trad but as you know it

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Like the cover design, Ensemble Ériu's music is Irish but not typical; the inclusion of some unorthodox instruments gives it a very ...
Monday, May 12, 2014

The Rathmines Roar

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Stone: Christian and Pre-christian

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Whether it be the ruined castles or celtic crosses, megalithic dolmens or round towers,  Ireland's greatest treasures are made of stone...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Mick O'Dea, the artist

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Mick O'Dea is perhaps best known for his portraits; his 2010 portrait of Brian Friel being a beautiful example of what he does so won...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

City Lives

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  City Lives. They shout into space, answer each other like whales across great haunted distances; they never meet, onl...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

A poem about something I can hardly explain

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This poem is about something I can hardly explain, our twenty-third year in this house, the laburnum, again, filling our bedroom ...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

New or Old Religion

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Old religion it may be, but worship of the goddess of the earth ensured that earth was not defiled. Ecology for pre-science days; the planet...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

All the beautiful days

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"All the beautiful days,   all the beautiful days...."   And he died with all the beautiful days like a wishbone in h...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Painting Skin

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Watching artist, Mick O’Dea, building up the layers of colour that are in skin was a revelation to me. Her skin is clear and white...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Tonight I Nearly Died

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Tonight I Nearly Died.   Tonight I nearly died in the Sunday chain returning to Dublin. A scythe arched onto the road. A...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Face

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A face in a window told me all I needed to know about age. The colourlessness, darkness, confinement.   A face that stared thro...
Friday, March 28, 2014

A Moment Certified By Lovers

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A Moment Certified By Lovers.   It's a certifiable moment a punch-drunk second a pulse's high tide.   A dog eats gra...