Murphy Devitt Stained Glass from Franciscan Abbey, Clonmel.
Over recent months I have been blogging pictures of stained glass mainly (but not exclusively) from Tipperary churches. These photos are taken with my phone and I cannot claim to…
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Leandro Herrero: “An enlightened top leadership is sometimes a fantastic alibi for a non-enlightened management to do whatever they want”
Originally posted on A Medical Education:
From Leandro Herrero’s website, a “Daily Thought” which I am going to take the liberty of quoting in full: Nothing is more rewarding than having…
First Known When Lost on Spring and mortality, with Herrick, Wallace Stevens, and Epictetus
Original here Spring beautifully — and gently — counsels us to be mindful of our mortality. This is sound advice. In fact, we are well-advised to consider our mortality on…
Preferring soiled banknotes to new
A little snippet from the Institute for Money Technology and Financial Inclusion blog , taken from an article promisingly titled “Micro Insurance Claim Payments through Pre-paid Cards: Technology and Regulation Driven…
Gola: The Life and Last Days of an Island Community
Recently I read this book, published in 1969 by Radio Telifis Eireann, on Gola Island. Gola is a mile from Magheragallon Strand in Gweedore, three miles from Bunbeg harbour. When…
Review of “Old Friends”, Tracy Kidder, 2000
This was written in around 2000 and originally appeared in The Magazine, a zine I self produced a few issues of. I ended up posting the review on Amazon –…
Nthposition review of Pieces for the Left Hand, J Robert Lennon, 2005
Now this would be classed as flash fiction , I am not sure if the term existed in 2005 but it didn’t flash (ho ho) into my mind. Another piece from Nthposition.com…
“People who are not expecting to cry will cry.”
I would not necessarily expected to have found an article on what will happen when Queen Elizabeth II dies as gripping as I did, but Sam Knight’s piece in the Guardian is…
Séamus Sweeney 