Alice Taylor takes a look back at the well-used schoolbooks she used in her youth in the 1940s and 1950s. Flicking through the pages of the books and recalling poetry...
John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from when he was a young boy growing up in Cork City to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show....
Soup has been part of the Irish cooking tradition for generations. A great all-rounder, soup can be served hot and steaming on a cold winter's day or chilled and refreshing...
You could say that Frank McNally is a travel writer – he writes while the world travels by! For almost twenty years, Frank’s name has occupied the byline of the...
The Peer the Priests and the Press: A Story of the Demise of Irish Landlordismby Roy GreensladeLord George Augusta Hill was the godson of a British king and the son...
Editor - AJ Hughes Patsy Dan Rodgers (or Peatsaí Dan Mac Ruairí in Gaelic) was born at Westland Row in Dublin in 1944. At the age of four, he was adopted...
A collection of 100 poems in Irish by 100 different poets. Each poem in the collection comprises 12 lines or fewer. Collected by Micheál Ó Conghaile We live in an...
Saol Corrach by Séamus Ó Grianna is a vivid and personal exploration of Irish identity, tradition and cultural transition. Through a free-flowing narrative style rich in repeated phrases and expressions, Ó...
Whether it’s tightly rolled up between two nervous, wringing hands, proudly sticking out from a quick-stepping back pocket or carefully brought home to be kept for posterity, the match day...
