Beers & Books (406) – Stolen Years

Stolen Years

Paul Hill see The Guildford Four

Beers & Books (405) – Máirtín O'Cadhain: The Key

Why would people call this book kafkaesque?
It's an excellent Ó Cadhain.

Máirtín ò Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)

Edna O'Brien – 15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024

What a writer!
Not to write: What a woman!

Edna O'Brien (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024)

Beers & Books (374) – The I.R.A.

Tim Pat Coogan * 22 April 1935

Beers & Books (368) – Die Asche des Tages

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Máirtín ò Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)

Unforgotten tree

The tree is dead.
But it was alive back then.

 

Beers & Books XXXLXV – The Road to Brightcity

A road literarily bright to read ...

Máirtín ò Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)

Who would have thought? What started on 9 September 2020, "inspired" by an innocent beer being called  – how insane! – "Lancaster Bomber", has become a series of 365 posts.

By the way: The brewery are still offering six different beers in a box, twice a year. No longer 'Lancaster Bomber', though. Interesting. ;-)

Laughing Lhursday*

The last visitor

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah. It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

 

John Hume: It is time

“[...] The renewal of Ireland is scarcely thinkable outside the process of the development of a political and cultural Europe. [...] It (the EU; sj) is the greatest example of conflict resolution in the history of humanity. Nations who for centuries invaded each other, occupied each other’s territories, expelled each other’s peoples and massacred each other, came together freely to bury their old hatreds. [...] But the fact that these nations have preserved their identities is even more encouraging. It proves that institutions can be created to pursue common objectives without sacrificing Europe’s diversity of culture and traditions. [...] The more people are given responsibility for their future, the more they show their ability to take such responsibility. The more people believe that their political institutions belong to them, the more effective those institutions will be. [...] Working for a new Ireland in a new Europe [...] It is time to look honestly at the virtues and defects of our society and find new answers capable of preparing us for the challenges which lie ahead. It is time to paint a realistic portrait of society and to abandon the consolation of outmoded imaginary mental pictures. We need the courage to imagine new perspectives which will help us to formulate answers to the questions of social diversity, possible political institutions and the eventual resolution of our conflict. ”

John Hume in Everything is Political in a divided Society. Above excerpts were taken from “Arguing at the Crossroads – Essays on a changing Ireland”, 1997, pp 105/106.

John Hume (18 January 1937 – 3 August 2020)

Beers & Books CCCXXXIII – Cage Eleven

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Gerry Adams *6 October 1948

Long Kesh

Beers & Books CCCXXX – Arguing at the Crossroads

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Beers & Books CCCXXIX – A Message to the Irish People

"It is clear that it is not man
who has created the universe
- whether you believe in God or in gods
or deny any divine presence -
man cannot alter the laws
that govern the universe
without damaging it."

Seán MacBride ( 26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988)

Beers & Books CCCXXVIII – Bobby Sands

 Bobby Sands (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981)

I rolled over again freezing and the snow came in the window on top of my blankets. Tiocfaidh ár lá' (Our day will come), I said to myself, Tiocfaidh ár lá. [Final diary entry]

 

Beers & Books CCCXXVII – History of Ireland

A Short History of Ireland (1952)

J. C. Beckett (8 February 1912 – 12 February 1996)

Beers & Books CCCXIX – Eureka Street, Belfast

Eureka Street

Robert McLiam Wilson *24 February 1964

Beers & Books CCCXVI – The Unfortunate Fursey

The Unfortunate Fursey

Mervyn Wall (1908 – 1997)

Beers & Books CCCXIV – One Day in my Life

One Day in my Life

Bobby Sands (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981)

Beers & Books CCCX – Foggage

Foggage

Patrick McGinley *1937

Beers & Books CCXCIV – Love Stories from Ireland

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Beers & Books CCXCI – Brendan Behan 100

Borstal Boy,
The Hostage and other plays,
Confessions of an Irish Rebel

Brendan Behan (9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964)

The Quare Fellow