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LUAIN -- On Oct. 14, 1814, Thomas Osborne Davis, the poet laureate of the Young Ireland party and one of its founders, was born in Mallow, Co. Cork. Like many other revolutionary Irish leaders, Davis was of an Anglo-Irish family; his father was a British army surgeon. He graduated from Trinity College and was called to the bar in 1838, but he never practiced.
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ContinuePosted by Colm Herron on October 4, 2016 at 11:30am 6 Comments 4 Likes
Most of the stuff in my novels comes from my imagination but I owe a fair amount of what I write to a pub called The Rocking Chair where there’s such a variety of characters that you’d need to be brain deaf not to pick up some nuggets. …
Posted by Margaret M. Johnson on August 17, 2024 at 7:30am 0 Comments 3 Likes
It’s peach season in most places around the country, a time for crisps, cobblers, pies, upside-down cakes, and these delicious baked peaches. No crust or crumble required, just stuff and bake for an easy, elegant dessert.
Baked…
ContinuePosted by Joe Gannon on July 27, 2024 at 10:30pm 6 Comments 2 Likes
Round Lough Derg's holy island I went upon the stones,
I prayed at all the Stations upon my marrow bones,
And there I found an old man, and though, I prayed all day
And that old man beside me, nothing would he say
From “The…
ContinuePosted by Lonnie on July 4, 2024 at 6:30pm 0 Comments 1 Like
"Every civilization in this world built on top of the one they conquered. You go to Rome or Jerusalem or Paris, France, and it's cities stacked on top of towns, stacked on top of villages, stacked on top of one man's house built on top of one man's…
ContinuePosted by Margaret M. Johnson on May 28, 2024 at 8:20am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Imported asparagus are available all year round, but there’s nothing to beat the flavor and texture of those locally grown in its short spring season: in Ireland, traditionally beginning on April 23 and ending on Midsummer Day. Although its delicate flavor and seasonality make…
ContinuePosted by juan pablo torrebiarte on June 13, 2014 at 9:00pm 1 Comment 6 Likes
Our educated guess is that Dr. Theodore Thaddeus Dominic O’Kelly came to Guatemala around 1696. He might be a surgeon from the ranks of the Jacobite Army that fought in Aughrim. According to his account, he was an Ulsterman born in Loughgall (County Armagh) around 1658.
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ContinuePosted by Charles G O' Brien on May 11, 2014 at 7:00pm 2 Comments 5 Likes
Have a read below to find out more about this captivating, mad, "Irish-American Maurader!" This is a blog post from my own "Ildaite…
ContinuePosted by Margaret M. Johnson on April 28, 2024 at 7:43am 0 Comments 0 Likes
(Clockwise, from top): RUSH, Co. Fingal, Margaret M. Johnson; MINI POTATO CAKES, Sribaz/Dreamstime; TEMPLE BAR MARKET, Dublin, Margaret M. Johnson; MIDLETON FARMERS MARKET, Co. Cork, Margaret M. Johnson; GALWAY FARMERS MARKET, Galway,…
ContinuePosted by Gerry Regan on April 20, 2019 at 10:30pm 0 Comments 7 Likes
I see his blood upon the rose
And in the stars the glory of his eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.…
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