Novelist Sebastian Barry takes our questionnaire.
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Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955 and has become one of Ireland’s most celebrated authors, writing plays as well as novels that chart the course of Irish and Irish American history through a single, extended family.
Barry’s latest novel, Days Without End, has already earned worldwide praise and in January won the … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?
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Forward the Music of the Gael
There’s more to piping than meets the ear. Kristin McGowan talks to Joe McGonigal, the highly sought-after musician and teacher, about his upcoming plans and the influence of his grandfather on the growth of pipe bands in the United States. Once the St. Patrick’s Day parade season is over, some pipe bands take a break for the next round of summer parades, while others gear up … [Read more...] about Forward the Music of the Gael
The Diaspora Commemorates 1916: United States
How the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising was commemorated throughout the U.S. New York City Of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation, five traveled to New York to seek assistance from the long-established republican Irish American community there, including Tom Clarke, who became an American citizen in Brooklyn in 1883, and John Connolly. Key figures … [Read more...] about The Diaspora Commemorates 1916: United States
The Diaspora Commemorates 1916: International Events
How the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising was commemorated throughout the world. ℘℘℘ CANADA What Ireland’s Ambassador to Canada Ray Bassett had in mind when he outlined 1916 Easter Rising commemorations in 2016 was sea-to-sea participation. And that’s what unfolded, scores of examples playing out from Halifax to Vancouver. He said, “the commemoration of 1916 does not … [Read more...] about The Diaspora Commemorates 1916: International Events
Ireland Remembers 1916:
The Dublin Centerpiece
“Let us revive the best of the promise of 1916, so that those coming generations might experience freedom in the full sense of the term – freedom from poverty, freedom from violence and insecurity, and freedom from fear.”
– President Michael D. Higgins
On Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, nearly 4,000 members of the Irish Defense Forces, emergency service workers, and veterans … [Read more...] about Ireland Remembers 1916:
The Dublin Centerpiece