Thursday, 13 August 2015

Parnell Summer School 2015

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I was invited to speak at the 2015 Parnell Summer School. The theme for this year was 'The French Connection: Ireland and France'. O...
Tuesday, 4 August 2015

An Irishman's Diary - Pioneering French Journalist Albert Londres

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Albert Londres (1884-1932) is often held up as the prototype for the grand reporter journalist in France. He was born in Vichy in 1884 and ...
Tuesday, 7 July 2015

An Irishman's Diary - A Corkman's Philanthropy

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I have just written another Irishman's Diary article in the Irish Times . Read it here . It tells the story of a donation that Joseph St...
Thursday, 25 June 2015

An Irishman's Diary - Friedrich Engels and Ireland

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I have just written an Irishman's Diary entry in the Irish Times . It is available to read here . It tells the story of the connection b...
Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Irish Times online article and podcast on flâneurs & Ireland.

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Photograph of Henri Béraud (1885-1958). Image source: Wikimedia Commons I have just written a short online article on flâneurs and Irel...
Friday, 16 January 2015

My chapter in book "The Flâneur Abroad: Historical and International Perspectives"

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Have you ever heard the word flâneur? These are some commonly used definitions: * "an idle man-about-town" Merriam Webster Dicti...
Friday, 19 December 2014

National Library of Ireland - Blog Post

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I have just written another blog post on the official blog of the National Library of Ireland (NLI). It is about the Art Ó Bríain Papers - ...