The Go Betweens : Cattle and Cane
Originally posted on The Immortal Jukebox:
What are we made of? Well, you could say we are mainly Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Calcium and Phosphorous. Add some pinches of Potassium,…
Pilgrimage at St Declan’s Well, Toor, Co. Waterford
Originally posted on Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland:
St Declan’s Well at Toor in Co. Waterford, has a special significance for me as my grandmother, who was originally from the area,…
Dorothy L Sayers on Dante’s Inferno as a portrait of social collapse
From Introductory Dante Papers, Dorothy L Sayers: That the Inferno is a picture of human society in a state of sin and corruption, everybody will readily agree. And since we…
Joseph Tainter: “People have to take responsibility for knowing and understanding the predicament we’re facing “
From this interview with Joseph Tainter: And so individuals need to take responsibility for their own ignorance. As I said, our species did not evolve to think broadly in terms…
Unity of Three in One sculpture, Clerihan, Co Tipperary
This sculpture dominates the junction in the middle of the village of Clerihan (AKA Ballyclerahan AKA Clerahan) which is a few miles from Clonmel. According to a comment on this page,…
“The knowledge of a raven’s head” – Celtic language T-Shirts from Mireog, Ring, Waterford
I recently came across Mireog, a company based in Ring, Co Waterford . I first came across their T-shirts but they have a whole range of products. More info on Mireog: Mireog…
Every gravestone tells a story: from Drangan, Co Tipperary
Graveyards are full of stories. Thomas Grey’s Elegy in a Country Churchyard captured this decisively in poetic form – so much so that any subsequent poem seems a pale shadow.…
Was Charles Hughesdon the last surviving eyewitness of Michael Collins’ funeral?
A few years ago I came across this obituary in the Daily Telegraph. It seems a little parochial to wonder if, in the midst of a busy and incident-packed life,…
Séamus Sweeney 