By Kathrin Kobus 1956 7.1.1956 Cleaned out gripe at the hayshed and stone path where the manure would be cleaned out from the byre. Snow at night time. 8.1 1956 Freezing all day Sunday and during night time. 9.1.1956 A lot […]
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By Eoin Meegan One of the little unknown gems of Donnybrook is an ancient cemetery, situated on Morehampton Road, beside the Garda Station, opposite Arthur Maine’s pub. The cemetery dates back to 800 AD and was the final resting place […]
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By Kathrin Kobus All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” Wise words of wisdom for gifting from Charles M.Schulz, creator of the Peanuts cartoons. Chocolate, flowers, cards and other candies, and please husbands, boyfriends, […]
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February sees The Gate Theatre liberating ground-breaking theatrical language from the explosive words of playwright John Osborne, and through the creative eyes of award-winning Irish theatre director Annabelle Comyn. Look Back In Anger (1956) is widely considered to have changed […]
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So we know you’ll be cooking your loved one a delicious meal on the big night and starting your journey in artful eating as recommended in our interview with Karina Melvin. But there are treats in store up ahead still […]
Read more →By Beibhinn Byrne These collections shine with Rowley’s interests of psychology, ecology, mythology, philosophy feminism and of course literature itself and its music. There is a high literary ability and real erudition on display, as well as, a sustained commitment […]
Read more →By Paul Carton You only have to look at our ‘Silicon docks’ and see why Dublin City Council decided to twin cities with San Jose / Silicon Valley in California. Twinning with cities and towns is a distant memory now, […]
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A new Irish Ferries’ cruise ship has been christened after the poet and Nobel Laureate W. B. Yeats at a naming launch event in Germany on the 19th January this year. The completed hull of the new Irish Ferries cruise […]
Read more →Byrne Does The Work, We Want Alfie, We Want Byrne, Make Sure of Alfie First. These pedestrian but clear slogans made quite clear what Alfie Byrne’s supporters wanted and express the collective feelings of Dubliners during his reign as “The […]
Read more →Nearly fifty years ago, Veronica Rowe and Elinor Wiltshire had decided to gift the Archives of Trinity College with their inherited papers of their grandparents, Robin and Florence Vere O’Brien. The majority of these includes their correspondence with leading political […]
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