The following is an extract from the foreword to Richard Fitzgerald’s stunning book of photographs taken in Ireland over the past 45 years. For more than forty years I have travelled the length and breadth of the land recording the beauty of Ireland and its people. I love the ever-changing light and the shadows creeping across the fern-covered hills; the shafts of … [Read more...] about Dark Ireland: Images of a Lost World
Ireland and America
Book Reviews
Skin by E.M. Reapy Elizabeth Reapy’s Natalie is one of those characters who stays with you long after you’ve finished the book she occupies. If “occupies” is even the right word, given Natalie’s preoccupation with not taking up too much space in the world. Fixated on her body and her tendency to binge at times of stress, she takes the reader on a journey – both literal … [Read more...] about Book Reviews
Woodstock: The Irish Contribution
On the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival, Christine Kinealy remembers the legendary guitarist from Northern Ireland who gave a celebrated performance. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, Ten Years After, Joan Baez, Santana, Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and – Henry McCullough. They … [Read more...] about Woodstock: The Irish Contribution
Byrne’s Turn in The Kitchen
Gabriel Opens Baltimore. Gabriel Byrne added himself to the list of Hollywood actors to open a restaurant in New York City in May. It's called Balitore, after a village in Co. Kidare "where the Shackleton brothers [explorers] grew up." Byrne's ex, Ellen Barkin, and her husband Ron Perlman were among those who attended the opening. Rumors that Byrne, who won a tony award for … [Read more...] about Byrne’s Turn in The Kitchen
Dublin Mayor
Launches NYC Campaign
Dublin's Lord Mayor Michael Mulcahy has launched a campaign called "Shoulder to Shoulder" in solidarity with the people of New York. The "civic solidarity campaign" will see plaques erected at Dublin fire and garda stations in memory of those who died in the September 11 attacks.
It is also hoped that at least 100 firefighters and police who were injured or traumatized by the … [Read more...] about Dublin Mayor
Launches NYC Campaign