Polish composer Henryk Górecki dies, aged 76
Classical musician achieved unlikely fame with Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, composed in memory of the Holocaust, writes Maev Kennedy in The Guardian. …
CLAIMING OUR FUTURE
CLAIMING OUR FUTURE Saturday 30th October 2010 Demand for maximum income to cut gap between rich and poor emerges at Ireland’s first …
Nesta’s Relentless Brood: deleted chapter from work-in-progress
[there follows a rough draft of what was to be a chapter in my work-in-progress, now deleted. I'm publishing it here in …
KaaBloomsday, June 16, 2010
you can click to enlarge and see slide show (hover mouse over middle right or left edge). June 16 is of course …
Taking Ownership
A fascinating new series of talks begins this evening, May 7, 2010, at Christine Clear’s The Living Room. What she calls ‘contemplative …
Arts Council congratulates 7 new members of Aosdána
click to enlarge The Arts Council has sent its congratulations to the 7 artists who were elected as members of Aosdána, the …
Aosdána votes unanimously for motion seeking clarification of Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002
Last Wednesday and Thursday (April 14 and 15) Aosdána held its 2010 agm in the Armagh City Hotel, under the auspices of …
The Woman Who Danced With Her Cross On O’Connell Street
Photo owned by Who Remembers the Woman that danced on O’Connell St Facebook Page When I saw the headline Tribute paid to …
One Hundred and Thirty Nine Years of Solitude
Photo owned by Dan4th (cc) Back in 1992 or 93, I was asked to write a poem to commemorate 139 years of …
European Ghost Literary Project
About two weeks ago I was contacted by Marcel Admiraal about his European Ghost Literary Project. This is his press release. The …
Early versions of Irish Writers Online and Irish Culture Guide
Recently I was asked by an MA research student to give some background about Irish Writers Online. A most gratifying request, of …
The Book-Thief’s Heartbeat
Photo owned by Dan Strange (cc) Yeats’ writings are now in the public domain, it now being seventy years from the end …
Slim Links November 19, 2009
Eerie Quantum Art I wish that Julian Voss-Andreae had made some of these sculptures when I was in school. While we can’t …
Alliouagana Festival of the Word
I’ve never been to Alliouagana, but it has a special place in my heart, and indeed, in Irish history. Alliouagana is the …