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Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Friday, January 20, 2023
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Beers & Books CCLVXXX – John Hume
John Hume (18 January 1937 – 3 August 2020)
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Beers'n'Books,
biography,
Ireland,
John Hume,
Northern Ireland,
photography,
Politics,
quotes
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Beers & Books CCLVXXI – Synge: The Aran Islands
The Aran Islands |
John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909)
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Thursday, January 05, 2023
Beers & Books CCLXV – Letters from the Great Blaskets
Letters from the Great Blasket is the only book in English by any Blascadian author |
Eibhlís ní Shúilleabháin (1911 – 12 September 1971)
Wednesday, December 07, 2022
Saturday, December 03, 2022
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Ach, Croagh Patrick!
In a few minutes it will be August. And only a few minutes ago I became aware of it is the last Sunday in July. Phew. 37 years ago on such a Sunday I climbed Croagh Patrick on my bare feet, one week after this agnostic had "made" Station Island, and thus kept a second promise I had given to myself. Lovely remembrance.
Croagh Patrick
St. Patrick's Purgatory
Station Island
Friday, July 01, 2022
Beers & Books CCXXIX – The Letters of John McGahern
I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other. |
John McGahern (12 November 1934 – 30 March 2006)
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John McGahern,
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Sunday, January 30, 2022
Beers & Books CXCV – Shoot to kill
This book is from 1985. Today marks the 50th anniversary. The murderers will probably need no Amnesty. They will die without being tried. |
Labels:
Beers'n'Books,
Bloody Sunday,
Bogside Massacre,
Ireland,
photography
Wednesday, December 08, 2021
Beers & Books CLXXIV – Peig Sayers
“If curses came from the heart, it would be a sin. But if it is from the lips they come, and we use them only to give force to our speech, they are a great relief to the heart.” |
Peig Sayers (1873 – 8 December 1958)
Labels:
Beers'n'Books,
history,
Ireland,
literature,
Peig Sayers,
seanchai,
The Great Blasket,
writers
Friday, September 17, 2021
Beers & Books CXXXI – Frank O'Connor
"No man is ever as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman." |
Frank O'Connor (17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966)
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Beers'n'Books,
books,
Frank O'Connor,
Ireland,
literature,
photography,
writers
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Friday, June 25, 2021
Friday, April 02, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Beers & Books LXIII – Seán O'Casey
The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live. |
Seán O'Casey (30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964)
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Beers'n'Books,
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Ireland,
literature,
photography,
Seán O'Casey,
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Monday, March 15, 2021
Beers & Books LIX – Lady Gregory
There is many a man without learning will get the better of a college-bred man, and will have better words, too. |
Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932)
Labels:
Beers'n'Books,
books,
Ireland,
Lady Gregory,
literature,
photography,
writers
Sunday, March 07, 2021
Beers & Books LVII – Tomás Ó Criomhthain
"Wouldn't it delight my heart to be able to read a book of my own before I died." |
Tomas O'Crohan (21 December 1856 – 7 March 1937)
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