Famed account of Gaelic poets showed riches of a starving people
Daniel Corkery’s ‘The Hidden Ireland’, published 100 years ago, will be celebrated at a conference in his native city next week
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Daniel Corkery’s ‘The Hidden Ireland’, published 100 years ago, will be celebrated at a conference in his native city next week
Two years after the ill-fated 2020 “A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn” tour, which had the misfortune to coincide with the beginning of the Covid lockdowns, the show – presented in virtual format last year – is set for an in-person theatrical run.Created, produced and hosted by GBH broadcaster Brian O’Donovan, “A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn” has performances scheduled
The Camphill centre in Dún Síon is almost €2,000 better off this week thanks to three local men who managed to coax people into paying them to shave off their beards. Diarmuid Mac a' tSaoir, Thomas O'Connor and Patrick Neylon never wanted the beards in the first place; they just grew by accident, or as Thomas admitted "out of pure laziness". However, the laziness was cast aside after Diarmuid came up with the idea of turning the long neglected shave into a fundraiser for Camphill and all three put their weight behind the effort. Hairdresser Rebecca Hennessy carried out the public shearing...