Yesterday’s austerity budget can now without doubt be recognised as the most far-reaching and seismic in the history of the state. The December 7th date would seemingly never arrive as the roundabouts… more →
Staged Reactionwrote 2 weeks ago: Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes Blend like the rainbow that hangs in thy skies, Shining t … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I’ve introduced several times the work of the Nationaal Archief in the Netherlands or the Stat … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The National Library of Ireland has an incredible online resource. The commons photo stream by the N … more →
wrote 2 months ago: This post is more of a ‘drawing-attention-to’ than a full post. As you will have noticed … more →
wrote 3 months ago: How many museums can you ‘do’ in a day? I just ‘did’ seven. Well, kind of. As part of a research pro … more →
wrote 5 months ago: “The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring. Paintings of Mor … more →
wrote 5 months ago: W.B. Yeats I am passionate about poetry and have found that William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) remains … more →
wrote 5 months ago: The Hill of Tara, County Meath The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls As if … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Dublin Ulysses Papers 2nd Ed THE DUBLIN ULYSSES PAPERS by JAMES JOYCE, Edited & Annotated b … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Woke up at 5am. Rode across the width of a small European country in a bus. Visited a book publisher … more →
wrote 7 months ago: The Irish love to claim their own. Alot is online ion the Internet now.There are a number of sources … more →
wrote 7 months ago: The newspaper collection is one of the most heavily used collections in the National Library. Newspa … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Going out on the town to celebrate Culture Night this Friday? Why not pop in to the wonderful Chest … more →
wrote 8 months ago: This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt has to do with shopping. I found these two photos in the Nat … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Architect GEORGE WILKINSON 1814 – 1890 The Kilmacthomas workhouse which now houses our studio … more →
wrote 11 months ago: James Joyce, one of the controversial omissions of the Literature Prize (Photo credit: Wikipedia) La … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Welcome to The Poet Reflected, a new blog aimed at cataloguing my study of Yeats, his writing, his r … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Dear Ladies of Llangollen blog readers, Am looking for one kind soul who might be able to visit the … more →
wrote 11 months ago: The House of Breathings is pleased to announce the ULYSSES DRAFT ANALYSIS, a companion reference wor … more →