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'Catholic Game,' 'Duffy's Cut,' The Celtics, Galway 'Ghost': What's New Among The Wild Geese . . . Today

Dinning Finishing Documentary

Writer and producer, David Dinning (right) is preparing for his next trip to Northern Ireland later this month.  David is finishing up a documentary he has been working on for the past four…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 11, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Corca Dhuibhne's 'Place of Goodbyes'

Photo by Wilfred Judd

Window of an abandoned cottage.

By …

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 9, 2013 at 8:00pm — 9 Comments

Unspoken Tales of the Women In Ireland's Freedom Struggle

Irish Civil War: The Four Courts burning during the Battle of Dublin.

By Felicity Hayes-McCoy

When I was a child in Dublin in the 1950s and 60s,…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 9, 2013 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Bodhrán Roll Please ... The Winners of 'Galway Stories'

One day after a superb live members' chat with Connemara-based authors and publishers, John Walsh and Lisa Frank (which you may read here), the winners of the complimentary…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 9, 2013 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Free book "Irish-American Chronicle"

There's still time to receive a free copy of "Irish-American Chronicle." Just send your email address to 236sulis@gmail.com with the subject :The Wild Geese." No message is required. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose. The offer expires Sunday May 13.

Added by James Francis Smith on May 9, 2013 at 1:49pm — 1 Comment

Inis Mor

 

 

It is the call of the sea and the crashing waves…

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Talking 'Galway Stories' With Readers Across the Globe

The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE members' chat hosted here at TheNewWildGeese.com on Wednesday, May 8th, with Connemara-based author, poet, and publisher (and fellow Wild Geese member) …

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The Legendary Belfast Celtic Football Club

The legendary Belfast Celtic Football Club was the leading light in Irish football from 1891 to 1949. Despite being twice forced to withdraw from competition due to the political uppheavals of the time, the Celtic team won numerous trophies and gained the admiration of the sporting community in Ireland and further afield before sectarianism forced the club to withdraw from League competition for good.

During their time in competition, Celtic had won the Irish League fourteen…

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Added by Belfast Celtic Society on May 9, 2013 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

A Nice 'Stout' Stew

Are you interested in food ... and Irish food in particular?  Join the brand new group here on The Wild Geese, "The Irish Kitchen," and get access to great recipes submitted by other members, discussions on Irish ingredients, tips on preparation and…

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Added by Ryan O'Rourke on May 9, 2013 at 4:30am — 2 Comments

Teresa Deevy, deaf, very talented, draws spotlight after Abbey rebuff

New York (first published 9/14/10) -- Playwright Teresa Deevy, left, would likely be well pleased with the renewed focus her work is receiving these days. The Waterford-born auteur has been dead for 47 years, but one of her plays is on an extended run off-Broadway and Thursday mere talk of Deevy drew more than enough people to fill all 90 seats at a presentation at…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 8, 2013 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Sprung Rhythm In A Nutshell

In A Nutshell

"God’s Grandeur" is a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, an English poet, Jesuit priest, and teacher. The poem was written in 1877, but like most of Hopkins’s…

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Added by Bit Devine on May 8, 2013 at 2:51pm — No Comments


Founding Member
Irish Writing Contest Award Winners

Over 90 people attended the Award Ceremony on May 1 at the Garden City Library to honor the award winners of the Irish Cultural Society writing contest.  Thirty-five high school students from Nassau County, New York emerged as the winners in a contest which drew 521 entries from 18 schools.  The first, second and third place winners are posted on the web site of the Irish Cultural Society, www.irish-society.org.  The list of winners is below.…

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Added by John M. Walsh on May 8, 2013 at 8:40am — 1 Comment

Death on the Railroad - Secrets of the Dead - Duffy's Cut documentary on PBS May 8, 2013 10 PM PBS TV

 I went to a preview of Tile Film of Dublin's new documentary Death on the Railroad, an episode of Secrets of the Dead, is airing nationally Wednesday May 8th, 2013 at 10 PM on Chanel 13 in New York and Chanel 12 (WHYY) in Philadelphia.   Do NOT miss this.  It tells the unbelievable story of the death of 57 Irish Railroad workers on Mile 59 of the railroad being built in bucolic Chester County.  The historical event has been called Duffy's Cut - named after the brutal Donegal born Irish…

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Added by Marita Krivda Poxon on May 7, 2013 at 9:16pm — No Comments

'Misremembered Man' a 'Delightful Slice of Country Life'

I would not presume to elevate my meanderings by calling them a “review” but having just finished "The Misrememberd Man," a lovely first novel by Christine McKenna, a Derry-born artist and writer, I am willing to go out on a limb and recommend it as a…

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Added by Fr. John R. Sheehan, SJ on May 7, 2013 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

The Ghost of the Galway City Museum

(Claddagh Fish Market Galway drawing used by permission of artist, Sue Bryan.  You may visit Sue here.)

THE…

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Added by kevin j dalton on May 7, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

'Galway Stories': Gateway to the Country's Heart

We are proud to be partnering with Doire Press in getting a complimentary copy of "…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 6, 2013 at 2:00am — No Comments

'This Could Be Heaven': Excerpt from 'Galway Stories'

An excerpt from John Walsh's short story, This Could Be Heaven

It all starts in Monroe’s. This time of year they keep a fire burning, and I am freezing; the winds that get twisted around the corners of Dominick Street are fierce. She is standing right where I would like to be, holding her hands…

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