Today is the centenary of Michael Davitt’s death. His importance has been overshadowed by the leaders of the 1916 Rising, but he was an international figure in his day, perhaps on a par with Nelson Mandela, and his death was marked all over the world. Mayo County Library has mounted a wonderful exhibition in his [...]
The last couple of weeks at Castle Casey have been particularly busy and of course that’s the inevitable time that data one should have backed up but didn’t will be lost. My hitherto trusty Sidekick 99 PIM went AWOL and ditched my personal contacts since 2004 into some digital black hole. Fortunately a pre-2004 backup [...]
I was greatly saddened to read this morning of Clare Boylan’s death. I only met her on a few occasions but found her warm, generous personality delightful. She was a fine writer and will be sorely missed. This is from The Irish Times Irish Times Article – Author Clare Boylan dies aged 58 “Author Clare [...]
Recently Patrick Chapman and yours truly were guests on Pat Boran’s The Enchanted Way programme on RTÉ Radio One, explaining our new website, Irish Literary Revival. We were preceded by the extraordinary octogenarian poet Fergus Allen reading from his work at the launch of Gas Light & Coke, his latest collection. The programme is now [...]