Today is the anniversary of the death of Liam O’Flaherty in 1984 Liam O’Flaherty is occasionally cited by Irish socialists as one of their own. His early membership of the Communist Party of Ireland, (he was editor of its newspaper Workers’ Republic for a time), and participation in the comic opera occupation of the Rotunda […]
Sa bhliain 2000, vótáladh Nagle mar Bhean Éireannach na Mílaoise, “mar aitheantas ar a tábhacht mar cheannródaí in oideachas na mban in Éirinn.”
But what if it all backfires?
Today is the anniversary of Hamish Fraser’s Birth in 1913
Today is the anniversary of the death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in 2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature almost 50 years ago, in October 1970. While few people could tell you who the latest laureate is, Solzhenitsyn’s elevation dominated the news globally in 1970. It was a major embarrassment to the Brezhnev regime […]
Flanders
35,000 people attended the final, 100 years ago.
As the big day approached it was clear that interest in Kerry was huge
Allowing one tiny segment of the agri-food economy to tarnish the rest of it with this kind of mindless cruelty to animals is a strategic error, as well as a moral wrong.
Orange Order parade
Fiddle maestro
Armed with poles and boiling water