This present article is an account of the sense of place in the poetry of Seamus Heaney and John Montague. Each poet is approached through poems representative of a rural imaginary of boglands, potato drills, and bodies of water. The line of argument is sen...
Irish pound- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence Irish punt,punt,pound penny- a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound Irish monetary unit- monetary unit in Eire ...
This is an incomplete account of the upper Suir navigation. I haven’t been along the whole thing either by boat or on foot, but I have taken photographs at some of the bridges, and they may convey a sense of the difficulties that boatmen found on this fascin...
The hunger strike of 1981 was one of the most tragic events to occur in Irish history. Ten men died over a period of 217 days in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh (Maze) prison, protesting the denial of their basic human rights. They endured five years of intensified degradation and brutality ...
Irish practice O’Donnell+Tuomey is on the shortlist of five for the prestigious Mies van der Rohe design award, but nine Irish practices also figured By Emma CullinanWed May 06 2015 - 12:00 Irish Water vehicles burned out near Waterford city More than €100,000 worth of damage caused dur...
Utilities: electricity, water supply, and backup power. PG Rent in Chandigarh Rent varies depending on the location, amenities, and type of room. Here’s a general breakdown: Shared Rooms: ₹5,000–₹8,000 per month. Private Rooms: ₹10,000–₹15,000 per month. Luxury PGs: ₹...
This is a very rough sketch map. It doesn’t show all the streets; those it does show are in a brownish orange. The canals, the Liffey, the Dodder and various bodies of water are shown in blue; broken blue lines show canal lines that no longer exist. Green is...
Spain floods: Christine Connolly said no rain fell where she lives but her village was inundated with floodwater from elsewhere Mon Nov 04 2024 - 06:46 Video Residents throw mud and insults at Spanish king and PM on visit to flood-hit town in Valencia Member of public express rage over ap...
Where the myths of Bellerophon and Pegasus have a striking similarity to those from the Celtic provinces whose saints’ legends (including those of St Patrick, Satan, St Maughold and St Milburga among others) sometimes have the the motif that their leaping horse creates springs of water when it...
So here are my recommendations for your wish list this Christmas, and I am doing you a favour because I’m keeping it to four. I have a personal interest in all of them – but I am of course completely unbiased. The first isOn Land and Water, a truly beautiful production fromMenma Bo...