January 2014 Blog Posts (67)

Review: 'Atlas of the Great Irish Famine'

Review by John Bruton

Atlas of the Great Irish Famine

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Added by The Wild Geese on January 22, 2014 at 6:30am — 6 Comments

50 Years Ago - Galway's Aspirations to Become an Irish-Speaking City

Fifty years ago today (21 January, 1964), the Irish Language Commission released a report stating that Galway should be made an Irish-speaking city.  RTÉ News spoke to some of Galway's citizens to get their opinions of the plans.  …

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Added by Ryan O'Rourke on January 21, 2014 at 2:09pm — No Comments

The Fairies

by Patrick Bonar

Irish folk lore is part of our heritage and the tradition of storytelling runs strongly through our veins. It would be difficult to find an Irish person who did not hear the stories of ‘Oisin in the…

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Added by The Wild Geese on January 21, 2014 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

Letters: Lifelines to the Old Country

 

We live in the age of the instantaneous. Emails, instant messaging, phone calls and video Skyping put us in almost immediate contact with our loved ones and our friends. Even if they live an ocean away, thanks to modern technology, the means of instant communication is…

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Added by Jim Goulding on January 21, 2014 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

The Man Behind the Long Green Lines (and It's Not Patrick) - Part One

By James Doherty

Waterford City, Ireland - From his perch as rector of the Irish College of St. Isidore in Rome, Waterford-born Franciscan Friar Luke Wadding welcomed a steady stream of refugees from the land of his birth - men forced to leave Ireland to pursue their vocations. He came to understand…

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Added by The Wild Geese on January 20, 2014 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Luke Wadding: The Man Behind the Long Green Lines - Part Two

Photo courtesy St. Isidore's Church

St. Patrick, from a mural that overlooks the tomb of Luke Wadding at St. Isidore's Church, Via degli Artisti, Rome.…



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Added by The Wild Geese on January 20, 2014 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Barrow St. Theatre - Malachy McCourt & 'Light of the Diddicoy'

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What an incredible evening. I am really finding myself to be quite possibly the luckiest writer on the circuit. After arriving in the city, I hung around Greenwich Village and visited the old haunts of my grandparents and great-grandparents at 463 Hudson Street, the saloon that was in my family from 1906 to the late 1970s. A bit nervous about the reading, I had a few drinks…

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Added by Eamon Loingsigh on January 19, 2014 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

Downright fascinating History

For those who cannot afford to go and check out Ireland's downright fascinating history and Ireland's other amazing enchantments for themselves, see how you can be astounded by 'Ireland's Queen Maeve' published by Amazon's CreateSpace or as an Amazon.com e-book without leaving your chair. It may make you want to get up and go there whether you can afford it or not. Here is a little snippet:

The ancient…

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Added by Tom O Connor on January 19, 2014 at 7:42am — 1 Comment

This Week in the History of the Irish: January 19 - January 25

MÁIRT -- On January 20, 1771, Don Hugo O'Conor (left) was named Commandant Inspector of New Spain. O'Conor was born into a…

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Added by The Wild Geese on January 18, 2014 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Ravensdale and Lordship in the Wee County

The Pats Football Club, Lordship. Co Louth

Sometimes I think I’m the oldest swinger in town. In spite of the rain and the cold there were 6 cyclists at Felda serious about going for a cycle this morning. 2 were past pupils and one was the wife of a past pupil. The others were also in the prime of life and had a gung ho look about them which depressed me. Then it…

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Added by Pat Kilboy on January 18, 2014 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Cora's Celtic Adventure`

My Boys will tell you, I am not the type of parent that pushes my children's fundraising sales on my family and friends. I make them do the work.

That being said, I know an amazingly talented thirteen year-old Western performer who is raising funds to be a part of  a …

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Added by Bit Devine on January 17, 2014 at 4:37pm — No Comments

A Bike Ride to County Down

 Life breaks all of us and after we are strong in the broken places. Hemingway
It was lovely to meet Adrian today and to find him recovering so well. We all have accidents on the bike but it's how we recover that matters. The one thing that never seems to change is the love of cycling. When I was hit by the truck in 2000 the first and only question I asked Mr Nasser, the Consultant in the Louth, was "when can I get back cycling again"? Mr Nasser didn't know I…
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Added by Pat Kilboy on January 17, 2014 at 2:21pm — No Comments

Autumn cycling in Cooley

15 of us headed for Bush and the Long Woman's Grave today. We got a window of good weather, as predicted by my new, favourite weather channel, …

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Added by Pat Kilboy on January 16, 2014 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Oh Happy Day! Martin Corey is Released!!

Baile Fáilte, mo chara ... An chuid eile anois ... ag fás níos láidre ...

This is the wonderful news I received yesterday at midday..I sat at my desk, tears running down my face and a lump in my throat.. It has been a long, exhausting struggle... for Martin, his family and his friends and supporters.



Almost four years...spent in that hell they call Maghaberry...without charge...without trial... No Due Process...





Baile Fáilte, mo chara ... An chuid eile…

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Added by Bit Devine on January 16, 2014 at 10:30am — No Comments

A Bike Ride in Louth and Monaghan

The Poet's Rest

We cycled over to Inniskeen today from Felda. It was a gorgeous Spring day, blue skies, dry and a little bit chilly. We got off the main road almost immediately and didn't hit it again…

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Added by Pat Kilboy on January 15, 2014 at 9:01am — 2 Comments

48 Hours in Dublin?

Next week I'll be lucky enough to spend 48 hours in Dublin!  In honor of the occasion, what great work of Irish literature shall I read on the plane ride over the lake?  What are the top spots I should hit while in Dublin? Do you have any special Dublin friends who would enjoy a visit from a Yank?   There are so many choices it's almost overwhelming!!  I'll have a full 48 hours to explore!

Added by Thomas Besore on January 14, 2014 at 4:32pm — 4 Comments

Flagstaff, the Long Woman's Grave and Magic Hill

We cycled to the Flagstaff today. We took the easy way, up the Old Newry Road to the Sportsman's Roundabout. Then because we felt like doing a bit of work, but not too much,we went into Ravensdale Park and continued to Dromad. After the Carrickdale we turned right and were met with a sharp hill initially, but it was not impossible and we were…

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Added by Pat Kilboy on January 14, 2014 at 9:00am — 4 Comments


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Tweaked poem

I had a look at my God Bless Ireland poem and I decided to tweak it a little. I just wasn't happy with it and so I am re-posting it with a few changes.

God bless Ireland

In her patchwork dress so green

Her blue Atlantic eyes are smiling…

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Added by Fran Reddy on January 13, 2014 at 5:00pm — No Comments

WBAI Radio - 'Light of the Diddicoy'

Today, I (Eamon Loingsigh), Malachy McCourt and the publishing team at Three Rooms Press will be on WBAI Radio-NYC at 2 pm! (Eastern Standard Time, 1 Central). 

The topic is being an Irish immigrant in New York City. Malachy McCourt compares and contrasts his own experiences as a young Irish immigrant in New York City during the 1950s to the descriptions of the young Liam Garrity in 1910s.

Check it out and give it a listen, should be fun! …

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Added by Eamon Loingsigh on January 13, 2014 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

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