Jonathan Roth is a retired medical gerontologist who spends his time between Dublin and Westport, Co Mayo. In 2022 Jonathan climbed Croagh Patrick (or the Reek as it known to locals) and a few weeks later wrote a poem about his experience called “Croagh Patrick…… The Reek” (which appeared in NewsFour
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So, on my first excursion to the Abbey I chose to see a new rendition of Ibsen’s masterpiece, ‘Ghosts.’ This
new interpretation was written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. I chose to see this particular play as it explores complex ideas of love, duty, and most importantly family.
Continuous Patterns offers two flavours each evening, with Friday, 14 July focusing on a programme of upbeat, contemporary and future focused music, while Saturday 15 July presents a slightly more chilled out atmosphere, ideal for friends and family looking to unwind on a balmy summer night.
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Did you know the first Bloomsday commemoration took place in 1954, on the 50th anniversary of the
events portrayed in Ulysses? The event was the brainchild of the Irish literati of the day, and saw Patrick Kavanagh, Flann O’ Brien, Anthony Cronin, A.J. Leventhal (registrar Trinity College), John Ryan (editor of the Envoy) and Tom Joyce, a cousin of the authors, attempt to retrace the steps of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus.
Straw hats at the ready! (Bowler hats are also encouraged). Ireland’s most literary film festival is back for its fourth year running. The Bloomsday Film Festival was set up to be a celebration of cinema, literature, and artistic innovation, inspired by the long reaching arm of Ireland’s patriarch of modernism, James Joyce.
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This year the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards felt like déjà vu – the same faces, just a different ceremony. This has always been the case to some degree due to the event’s position in the awards calendar. However, this year felt like a particularly heavy dose, a sensation which most likely speaks to the massive success Irish talent have garnered throughout award season thus far.
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The annual blessing of the boats took place on Sunday May 14th in the bustling Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club. Fr Ivan was accompanied by Canon Leonard Ruddock, who is the Church of Ireland Rector for Irishtown and Donnybrook, and Fr Derek Harris who is originally from Ringsend and one of the yacht club’s oldest and longest members.
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Dublin City Council’s South East Area Community Team have been working closely with Ballsbridge Living Tidy Towns, Ringsend & District Historical Society, Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre and Sandymount Community Centre, and the James Joyce Centre to support a series of Bloomsday events due to take place in Dublin 4
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Mick O’Brien was born on August 10th 1893 in Kilcock in County Kildare* His family emigrated to England and he grew up in County Durham. He took up football in his teenage years and by the time he was eighteen he was playing for the famous Blyth Spartans club, in the amateur North-Eastern League. Having made his name as a top player in that league he was scouted by Glasgow Celtic, who signed him in 1912. That move could’ve been his big break but it didn’t work out.
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