For more than 200 years, millions have visited Ireland and the Blarney Castle for the chance to kiss the Blarney Stone, which, according to legend grants the "Kisser" with a very special gift; the gift of gab or eloquence.
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Established in 1985 and quickly becoming one of the premier literature festivals in all of Europe (and beyond), the Cúirt International Festival of Literature launched its 2013 programme on the 23rd of April. This annual festival based in Galway continues to…
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My qualifications for reviewing modern Irish literature are limited to:
- I live in Ireland, and,
- I like books
With that disclaimer...
The Over the Edge Showcase was, for me, a highlight of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature. The event was billed as giving “a platform to emerging poets and…
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As the Cúirt International Festival of Literature entered its third day, it became apparent early on that it was going to be a day in which one would be exposed to the true "Galway experience."
The highlight of the day, for me, was the Literary Walk through Galway City. This was a free event, and a large group of literature buffs…
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Whether singing about James Connolly or Bobby Sands or quoting Federico García Lorca, Wexford-born rocker and writer Larry Kirwan casts a discerning, empathetic and sometimes angry eye on the world. With "…
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The 2013 Cúirt International Festival of Literature kicked off in style last night as Ireland's President, Michael D. Higgins, officially opened the festivities with a speech at Hotel Meyrick in Galway's city centre. The main event for the evening were the reading by well-known authors, Seamus Heaney and Michael…
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Just wanted to share this little video montage of some of my favourite shots I captured in 2012. I'll do another one of these at the end of 2013. The beautiful music is from the great uilleann piper, Davy Spillane. If you have any questions about the location of any of the images, just leave me a comment below.
I really appreciate The Wild Geese encouraging the promotion of Irish culture, history, art, etc. Hope you enjoy this, and thanks for watching! ~…
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Established in 1986 and quickly becoming one of the premier literature festivals in all of Europe (and beyond), the Cúirt International Festival of Literature launches its 2013 program in Galway today. The festival will run through Sunday, April 28th, and will feature some of the very best in what modern Irish literature has to offer (as well as literature…
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Baile Átha Cliath – Is minicí a aistrítear leabhra ó Ghaeilge go Béarla, ná a mhalairt.
Ocáid neamhghnáthach, dá bhrí sin, a bhí ann nuair a iarradh ar an scríobhnóir agus údar as Gaeilge, Pádraig Breathnach, leabhar Frank McCourt as Béarla, “Angela’s Ashes,” a aistriú go Gaeilge.
Cé gurb as Maigh Cuilinn i gCuntae na…
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DUBLIN -- It is more common for books in the Irish Language to be translated occasionally into English, than vice versa.
It was an unusual occurrence, therefore, when Irish language writer and author Pádraig Breathnach was commissioned to translate Frank McCourt’s best seller, “Angela’s Ashes,” into the Irish language.
Originally from Maigh…
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Aine MacAodha is Irish for Ann Keys, who was born in 1963 in the small town of Omagh, Tyrone County, in Northern Ireland. Aine is a writer, a poet, a photographer and artist, and has been published widely in Ireland, United Kingdom and the United…
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(All photos by James Higgins)
Fiddler Marie Reilly, 58, clearly has much to be grateful for, not the least of which is a much praised new album, “The Anvil,” her first, created after a 23-year self-imposed pause from playing. Irish Echo reviewer Dan Neely, for example, called the…
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Shalom Ireland," director Valerie Lapin Ganley's documentary about Ireland's small but vibrant Jewish community, manages to convey a huge amount of information about the past, present, and future of Ireland's Jewry, a community whose existence takes many by surprise. The film, showing in festivals around the U.S. in the coming months, creates a memorable, lyrical…
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By Patricia Jameson-Sammartano
Culture Editor /TheWildGeese.com
(First published in 2007) Enticing and energetic only begin to describe "The Pirate Queen," now on…
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By Joseph E. Gannon, Managing Editor, The Wild Geese Today
"Monday last being the Day of St. Patrick, tutelary Saint of Ireland, was ushered in at dawn, with fifes and drums, which produced a very agreeable harmony before the doors of many gentlemen of that nation and others." --- A report on the 1766 New York St. Patrick's Day procession… |
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