“The Irish Nutcracker”
As Gaeilge
50 years
Gaelic treasure
Margaret Hickey reveiws Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment
Before the Vikings
The story was written for the Holly Bough, a Cork publication
A profound and moving memoir
Just average comedy?
Is Teanga Ghaelach í Manainnis a labhraítear in Oileán Mhanann. Tugtar Gaeilge Mhanann, Gaelg agus Gaelick uirthi chomh maith. Ba ionann í agus Gaeilge na hÉireann agus Gaeilge na hAlban araon le linn aimsir na Meán-Ghaeilge. Cé nach ionann iad anois tá an trí theanga sin fós an-ghar go deo lena chéile. Is é an […]
I’ve been around C.S. Lewis quite a lot this past year. I received a review copy of Harry Lee Pope’s second installment in his Lewis trilogy, The Making of C.S. Lewis: From Atheist to Apologist (1918-1945). It is beautifully written, accessible, and contains many fantastic photos. I also had the rare opportunity to break some news about […]
My father once told me that when Seán Ó Riada died, people were left bereft. The nation had lost a champion of our Gaelic culture, at a tragically young age. Ó’Riada’s immense contribution to the revival and conservation of traditional music, seannós singing, and other forms of our ancient culture, was achieved in an astonishingly short period […]