Added by The Wild Geese on September 5, 2013 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments
Sunday, September 8th is the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Sabine Pass. The occasion is being celebrated as "Dick Dowling Days."
Though a relatively small engagement, Sabine Pass represented perhaps the finest single day's work of any Irish unit, North or South, in the American Civil War. At Sabine Pass, on the Texas coast near the Louisiana…
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Hey Gerry and everyone, this silly season the Che Mural story has gone viral, and I'm swamped on my Facebook page and Facebook Gallery page.
Two simple points:
1. I really doubt the 'American Tourist' story. It's the local council trying to divert attention from a dumb decision. The Che Festival has given a huge boost to Kilkee, and I'm proud to help a town I…
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(The remains of Seamus Heaney at the Church of Sacred Heart Donnybrook. Photograph: Cyril Byrne)
And so it comes time....the funeral rites...the stories to be told...the memories to be shared...…
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An article on the Ogham Alphabet appears in the current issue of the Hedgemaster, the newsletter of the Irish Cultural Society. The article can be found on the Society's web site under Archives: irish-society.org.
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The September 11 meeting of the Irish Cultural Society will feature Colin Broderick speaking about his experiences growing up in The North during the Troubles. He will read from his memoir That's That and take questions from…
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Australian artist Christina Henri is visiting Ireland with her cloth bonnet memorial that remembers the lives of the women exiled to Australia as convicts 1788-1853. For many their crime was simply that of poverty. These women and their children are paid tribute in Christina's memorials, 'Roses from the Heart' and ' Cherished Babies'.
You are…
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By Joe Doyle / Special to The Wild Geese
(Left: Seamen in hiring hall, National Maritime Union. New York City, New York - December 1941, from Archives of Irish America, Tamiment Library, New York…
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The friends and members of The Wild Geese wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Seamus Heaney.
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Added by The Wild Geese on September 2, 2013 at 8:43am — 13 Comments
Hulton Deutsch Roger Casement being led out of Pentonville Prison, where he would later be hanged. |
DOMHNAIGH -- On September 1,…
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Err....umm, well it was something I posted on The Irish Times commenting on one of
the articles there.
I came late to his poems
A lil young foundling I think I could and would be
To such a wise and magical sage; such as he
He whose poems spoke of the Irish truth;
Of le Irish way of living then;
Days of yore that…
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My book project is moving along and the publisher has just sent me the cover (Donegal Castle, ancestral home of the O'Donnell clan). Its publication date is set for 1 October. At the moment I am proofreading the proofs to make sure there are no typos or other silly…
ContinueAdded by Rónán Gearóid Ó Domhnaill on August 31, 2013 at 2:00am — No Comments
From the Frontier Of Writing
The tightness and the nilness round that space
when the car stops in the road, the troops inspect
its make and number and, as one bends his face
towards your window, you catch sight of more
on a hill beyond, eyeing with intent
down cradled guns that hold you under cover
and everything is pure interrogation
until a rifle motions and you move
with guarded unconcerned…
Added by Bit Devine on August 30, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments
I identified strongly with this poem from the first time I heard it spoken. Much like the follower that was Seamus in his childhood, I followed behind my father and grandfather as they worked cattle and handled ranch duties ... mimicking, getting under foot and learning, growing, as I did.
And now ... in the silver times, my father is slowing, jabbering on, following my lead ... sometimes:
ContinueFollower
My father worked with a…
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This summer, driving through Connemara, I pulled into Sraith Salach, (Willow Stream) as Recess is now officially called, on the N59 Galway Clifden Road. All Gaeltacht villages throughout Ireland now only have the Irish name, though it caused such a furore in Dingle/ Daingean that they made an exception. The village consists of a shop, pub and marble shop. My friends were…
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I, for one, can’t wait. When the time longs into my soul and the creak in my knees cause gentle steps, I’ll grow long my eyebrows. I’ll let them loose on my face as I chase away the last days of my living.…
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New York -- With Western powers, most notably the United States, Britain and France, weighing how best to punish the Syrian government for its alleged use of poison gas on its own restive civilians, we recalled a story we produced a decade ago, in the run-up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq by a primarily Anglo-American…
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Thank you for your fascination with “The Irish-American Story” series. I’m still researching Volume 2, The Irish in the Revolutionary War. The other five volumes, however, are now available in soft cover from Amazon’s Bookstore. ePublished versions can be obtained from Kindle & Nook. (see my photos for the covers of the books.
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Here, across The Wild Geese pages, we've been exploring different facets of the Irish economy and Irish brands. We've discussed the past and the future, forecasted highs and lows, and developed ideas for success.
As the marketing coordinator with The Wild Geese, and a marketing writer with countless brands, I want to propose another, arguably both easy and effective, way to bolster local economies and revive dying arts. …
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