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John Anthony Brennan's Blog – January 2022 Archive (11)
The Pagan and The Saint
Back in the mists of time, long before the Milesians arrived from Egypt, and even longer before the Celtic tribes came and settled, another ancient tribe inhabited the island of Ireland. The ‘Tuatha De Dannan,’ translated as ‘people of the Goddess Danu,’ were a supernatural race who came to Ireland with the intention of…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on January 31, 2022 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments
'The Night Owls'
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Eighty-three years ago, on this date, January 28, 1939, one of the foremost voices in Irish Literature, William Butler Yeats, drew his last breath at the Hôtel Idéal Séjour, in Menton on the French…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on January 28, 2022 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
Press Release for 'Turn Out The Light'
Pleased to see my book "Turn Out the Light' was chosen as a finalist in the Eric Hoffer 2018 Book Awards.
"If music be the food of love, play on,
give me excess of it that surfeiting, the
appetite may sicken, and so die.”
…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on January 26, 2022 at 6:30pm — No Comments
The Scribes
In A.D. 406 during a particularly harsh winter, the river Rhine froze over. Across this temporary land bridge poured hordes of Germanic tribes led by the charismatic Aleric, King of the…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on January 24, 2022 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments
'The Journey: A Nomad Reflects'
Irish Author John A. Brennan's “The Journey: A Nomad Reflects”
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From ancient Ireland to the majesty of the Egyptian pyramids, author and poet John A. Brennan tells his life's journey in a series of melodic rhapsodies. He is a quintessential traveler,…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on January 21, 2022 at 5:30pm — 10 Comments
Agnes Mary Clerke: From Skibbereen to the Moon
The next time you look up at the full moon to make your wish, direct your gaze toward the southeast portion and locate the area known as the Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity). There you will observe the valley where Apollo 17, the last in a series of lunar missions, landed Dec. 10, 1972. Nearby,…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on January 20, 2022 at 12:00am — 6 Comments
The Headcutter's Stone
In an old peat bog at Ummericam, sits the cruel headcutter's stone,
stained with the blood and fused with the ghosts, of men who are now long gone.
In the gorse and the furze their cries could be heard, when Johnston was out on the roam
their fates soon sealed with the headhunters wield, and where red still…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on January 13, 2022 at 2:00pm — No Comments
The Link Between Ned Kelly and South Armagh
On this day January 7, 1841, John "Red" Kelly, the father of the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, was sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing two pigs in an effort to feed his starving family. The judge handed down the harsh sentence at the Cashel quarter sessions in County Tipperary. He…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on January 9, 2022 at 7:30pm — No Comments
A Brief History of Poetry in Ireland
If as an Irishman/Irishwoman you've ever wondered where you got your love of the spoken word, your love of storytelling, your love of long winded conversation, the following…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on January 7, 2022 at 1:30pm — 11 Comments
Slaughter in the Murder Triangle.
On this day forty-six years ago, on January 4th. 1976, one of the more depraved acts of senseless and bloody savagery was directed against two innocent civilian families in an area known locally as the ‘murder triangle,’ in Counties Armagh and Down.
Much has…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on January 3, 2022 at 6:30pm — No Comments
New Year in Ireland
Home to some of the most unique superstitions in the world and a whole host of traditions dating back centuries, the arrival of a new year has always been a time of hope and excitement in Ireland.
Irish New Years Eve traditions in Ireland long ago were important in that they determined the luck of…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on January 1, 2022 at 8:30pm — No Comments
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