Hubris, and the desire to know all and to control all.
In her biography of the 1916 proclamation signatory, Joseph Plunkett, Honor O Brolchain tells a fascinating story. A Dublin jeweller on the afternoon of May 3rd 1916 was attending to a young lady who was purchasing wedding bands. She bought two rings but seemed very upset. When he asked her what the matter was she […]
“There’s nobody living that can tell anyone where to put the grace notes,” Joe Éinniú once told an interviewer. The best songs had to be learned over years of listening, and sung with great passion and deep feeling. He preferred the laments – Caoineadh na dTrí Mhuire, Anach Chuain, Úna Bhán – the great Conamara […]
A British inquiry did not recommend charges and the killings were largely forgotten given the scale of the Rising deaths.
I am right and Mrs. McGuirk, for the first time since about 1987 (at least in her view), is entirely wrong.
Sa bhliain 2000, vótáladh Nagle mar Bhean Éireannach na Mílaoise, “mar aitheantas ar a tábhacht mar cheannródaí in oideachas na mban in Éirinn.”
The story of Roger Casement’s landing and capture at Banna Strand in Kerry as he attempted to bring arms ashore for the 1916 Rising, is commemorated in the famed ballad Banna Strand.
Plantation and survival
The role of a young woman has transformed immeasurably. The role of a young man has broadly stayed the same. Who’s the real winner, in this environment, from feminism?
11ú haois
Yes, it’s human nature to want answers, but the answer can be – that person is just bad.
Whittaker Chambers was one of the great hate figures of the American liberal left.