Renowned musician
Sliabh Luachra
Is naomh pátrún é do mhairnéalaigh agus dóibh siúd a mbíonn ag taisteal.
He was an accomplished piper and athlete with a keen interest in all things Gaelic and cultural
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Joseph Plunkett was executed on May 4th 1916, with William Pearse, Edward Daly and Michael O’Hanrahan, for their role in the Easter Rising
“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 […]
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.
The Horse Racing industry also needs to come to terms with something: Just saying “it’s tradition” over and over won’t cut it.
A report from the Roman Province of Judea “I, Lucius Tacitus, write from the Province of Judea in the month of Aprilis, the XIX year of the reign of the August Caesar Tiberius. Events have come to pass in the Province this past month which must be brought to the attention of the August Caesar, Tiberius. The Province has long been an […]
Whittaker Chambers was one of the great hate figures of the American liberal left.
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Fay Stender in 1932 There is a little known but brilliant book, The Death of Uncle Joe, by Alison Macleod who worked for the British Communist Daily Worker in the 1940s and 1950s until eventually seeing sense and leaving. The book is well worth reading for its […]