ON THIS DAY: 25 DECEMBER 1351: A special feast was held for poets, bards and harpers on Christmas Day At Christmas 1351, Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh issued a gairm sgoile, ‘the summons of a poetic school’, to ‘all the Irish poets, Brehons, bards, harpers, Gamesters or common kearoghs, Jesters and others of theire kind of Ireland’. […]
By this time, 1.5 years into the worst starvation Ireland had experienced in the 19th century, the death and destruction of famine was gaining international headlines. Accounts were so horrific that many thought they were exaggerated, alas, it was not the case. Several went themselves to establish the truth only to find it worse than […]
A mythic masterpiece with profound insights into human nature
Willie Clancy was born into a musical family in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare. His parents both sang and played concertina, and his father also played the flute. Clancy’s father had been heavily influenced by local blind piper Garret Barry. Willie started playing the whistle at age 5, and later took up the flute. He first […]
101 years ago the Government of Ireland Act passed through both houses of parliament in London. The Act divided Ireland into two territories, “Southern Ireland” and “Northern Ireland”, each intended to be self-governing. “Northern Ireland” as defined by the Act, amounting to six of the nine counties of Ulster, Down, Derry, Armagh, Antrim, Fermanagh and […]
This disturbing philosophy must be exposed and strongly rejected.
St. Stephen’s Day 26th December 2021 | TG4 & www.tg4.ie | 9.20pm
Plus ca change and all that.
The reality is that Irish clinical guidelines do NOT say pain relief should be given in late-term abortions.
As Robert F. Kennedy famously said, ‘Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it.’ Fear is a disease that can be passed from person to person and make them behave in deplorable ways, dividing communities, nations and families. We have seen this throughout history. We have learned that the […]
A music teacher once told me that instead of buying yet another bit of glitter, or knick knacks that remained forever unused, she always gave CDs of traditional music as Christmas presents. I’ve done the same since: stocking fillers that help keep music alive and don’t just fatten the coffers at Amazon. We’re coming close to Christmas now, […]
The New York Times has dropped the ball again.