Conchobhair Ó Duibheannaigh: Easpuig Beannaithe ‘gus fíor Mairtír na n-Gaedheal (1532 go 1612) Rugadh Conchobhair Ó Duibheannaigh sa cheanntar Droim Caoin sa Thír Chonaill Thuaidh sa bhliadhain 1532 nó faoi sin, agus togadh é sa cheanntar sin fosta gan amhras nuair a ba h-óig’ air. Bha fear dochreidte é fhéin fosta gan amhras mar rinn […]
PODCAST: John Aidan Byrne interviews Jarvis Rockwell on his father Norman’s legacy as a painter, illustrator and cartoonist. Author Stephen Haggerty, who writes under the name, ST Haggerty, has spent his summers in Arlington, Vermont since he was a toddler so, not surprisingly, the history and folklore of the rural Vermont hamlet is steeped in […]
Recently, I spent some time on the phone with Niall Ferguson, the Scottish historian and Milbank Family Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, for a review I was writing of his latest book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. In the first chapter, Ferguson refers several times to religion as “magical thinking,” and I asked him if he […]
Like most truly terrible ideas, the notion that companies, state agencies, and other institutions should proactively discriminate in favour of people from minority backgrounds and races is built on a foundation of good intentions. It is important, after all, to recognise that most people, most of the time, are trying to do good things, and […]
Idir 1937 agus 1946, bhí an scríbhneoir Máirtín Ó Cadhain ag obair faoi scéim de chuid An Gúm ag bailiú focal agus leaganacha cainte as Gaeltacht na Gaillimhe. Le linn na tréimhse sin, chuir Ó Cadhain breis agus aon mhilliún focal d’ábhar chuig An Gúm, agus sin in ord agus in eagar faoi bhreis agus […]
PODCAST: John Aidan Byrne interviews Author MARK HENICK, a TEDx talk sensation, on stranger who saved his life from a teenage suicide attempt; his mental illness growing up, his remarkable recovery and distinguished mental health career By age 15, depression and anxiety had taken their toll on Mark Henick. Clinging to an outside girder […]
In her book Primal Screams, American writer and widely respected culture critic, Mary Eberstadt, traces a direct line from the sexual revolution of the 60s to the febrile identity politics of our time. The title references the trauma of animals taken from their natural habitat and familial unit and the longterm, emotional damage caused by […]
Black & White will publish The Colour of Ireland: County by County 1850-1950 in October 2021. Covering all 32 counties, The Colour of Ireland includes over 150 beautiful photos, bringing the people and places of Ireland’s history to life in incredible and vibrant detail. Painstakingly researched, this fascinating new book provides a unique social account of Ireland, […]
Imagine the headline: ‘The art world was shaken by news that the work of Italian artist, Salvatore Garau, had been stolen just hours after it was shipped to its anonymous owner for display. It was due to be put on private display for the first time since its record breaking sale just days ago’. The […]
The internationally-renowned uilleann piper and maker Leo Rowsome has been honoured by a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque on the street where he lived and worked until his death in 1970. Born into a piping family in Harold’s Cross, Leo Rowsome was the third generation of an unbroken line of uilleann pipers, who went on […]
Vincent F Pintado’s Old Celtic Dictionary is a first of its kind, bringing together the fruit of 30 years of labour. This is the first time all these ancient Celtic words have been researched and brought together in one volume. Along with the dictionary, an inter-Gaeilig chart is included at the back. This chart shows […]
The first record of a hurling match describes an epic encounter that took place in 1272 BC between the Fir Bolg and the Tuatha Dé Dannan at Maigh Tuartha near Cong in County Mayo. Hardly a stronghold of the modern game, Maigh Tuartha is nevertheless part of the rich body of lore that relates the […]