The tree is dead. But it was alive back then. |
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
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. ;-)
Thursday, October 19, 2023
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.
Saturday, October 07, 2023
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)
Friday, October 06, 2023
Beers & Books CCCXXXIII – Cage Eleven
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Gerry Adams *6 October 1948
Long Kesh
Sunday, May 07, 2023
Saturday, May 06, 2023
Beers & Books CCCXXIX – A Message to the Irish People
Seán MacBride ( 26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988)
Friday, May 05, 2023
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]
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Beers & Books CCCXXVII – History of Ireland
A Short History of Ireland (1952) |
J. C. Beckett (8 February 1912 – 12 February 1996)
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Thursday, March 09, 2023
Beers & Books CCCXIV – One Day in my Life
One Day in my Life |
Bobby Sands (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981)
Saturday, March 04, 2023
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Thursday, February 09, 2023
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
Tuesday, February 07, 2023
Beers & Books CCLXXXIX – The Road to Brightcity
Nine stories, translated by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, in 1981 made accessible for the first time to an English speaking readership exquisite masterpieces of Ó Cadhain's writings. |
Máirtín O'Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)
Sunday, February 05, 2023
Beers & Books CCLXXXVIII – An Eochair / The Key
A mixture of kafka-esque satire, farce, black comedy and tragedy. |
Máirtín O'Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)