“What is Beauty?” considered in Dungloe courthouse
An interesting tale from the Donegal courts. A vet who set up a clinic in Bunbeg was denied certification by the veterinary authorities as the word “beauty” was in the…
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“We should sing the Land song again” Brian Anson AA Lecture (story) from 1974
Originally posted on Beyond Post-Conflict Architecture:
What follows are the extensive notes from a paper on ‘LAND’ that the late architect Brian Anson gave at the Architectural Association (AA) in…
Brian Anson – “a revolutionary for social justice” buried in Magheragallon Cemetery, Gweedore, Donegal
In Mahgeragallon cemetery, where my father, uncle, maternal grandparents and maternal great-grandparents are buried, I came across the grave of Brian Anson. It is beside eight commonwealth war graves (three…
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…
“The fifteenth of August” Nthposition, 2009
Most of my fiction has been, at least to date, working out a particular idea to its conclusion. At times this has given it a rather abstract quality. This story…
Putting obscure places on the YouTube map
For a while, I have made artlessly shakey phone videos in a range of obscure, mainly Irish locations, and uploaded them to YouTube. There’s the “jumping church” of Ardee :…
Côte de Granit Rose and Magheragallon
The Pink Granite Coast of Brittany, along Ploumanac’h is an enchanting, strange landscape. My then two year old leapt to his heart content up and down boulders, perhaps to a degree…
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