Thursday, 8 January 2026
MEN DON'T READ NOVELS
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Men No Longer Read Novels – the small headline in the bottom right-hand corner of either the Times or the Journal scream...
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
WEXFORD FRIARY - A COMPLICATED CHURCH IN A COMPLICATED TOWN
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When Christmas is at hand, like most emigrants my thoughts turn to home – Wexford Town , in my case. After I escort a ...
Sunday, 7 December 2025
WARREN ZEVON - THE CLANCY BROTHERS & TOMMY MAKEM INFLUENCE
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Warren Zevon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently. He was a fine songwriter and wrote of what ...
Friday, 28 November 2025
WHO FEARS TO SPEAK OF ZOHRAN MAMDANI
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Greetings from the soon-to-be Socialist Republic of New York, or rather from a city that has elected a politician determined to confront th...
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
THE STATE OF IRELAND AND A WORD OF ADVICE FROM MISTER YEATS
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“The longer you stay away, the less likely you are to go home.” That was another piece of wisdom the auld fellah imparte...
Sunday, 2 November 2025
YER MAN FROM PEARL RIVER MEETS JAMES JOYCE
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“I’m pingless,” said I.“And I thought you were just brainless.” Replied Yer Man from Pearl River. He had been wondering why I hadn’t repl...
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
THE FLIGHT OF THE OSPREYS AND A STATE OF UNEASE IN THE COUNTRY
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The ospreys dallied a few weeks longer this year. They’re usually gone by the third week in September. But then, 2025 was a banner year. ...
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