Monday, 6 January 2020

List of publications - Weebly

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I have just started using Weebly. On it  https://oliverohanlon.weebly.com/  you can see a list of my interests and experience, writings and ...
Saturday, 4 January 2020

Gaetano de Gennaro - Italian artist who made a temporary home in Ireland

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Gaetano de Gennaro (1890-1959) arrived in Ireland in 1940. The Italian-born artist had trained in France and settled in Ireland for a number...
Wednesday, 1 January 2020

100 Years ago - French newspaper cartoons from 1 January 1920

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I was interested to see what people were concerned about 100 years ago at this time. To satisfy my curiosity, I looked at Gallica , the di...
Monday, 30 December 2019

Ireland at 'Les Belles Etrangères' literary festival Nov. & Dec. 1989

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Thirty years ago, in November and December 1989, ten Irish writers and poets were invited to France to discuss their work in front of audien...
Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Samuel Beckett's letters - a glimpse into the personal world of a private man

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The Irish playwright and theatre director, Samuel Beckett, was an avid letter writer. He took the time to reply to friends and family as wel...
Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Cheers! An Irishman's Diary on Félix Kir, politican, priest and Resistance hero, who inspired a cocktail.

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Félix Kir (1876-1968) was a man of many talents. During a very full life, he was a Catholic priest, Resistance hero and politician at both l...
Saturday, 26 October 2019

An Irishman's Diary on Launt Thompson

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Lancelot (Launt) Thompson was born in the town of Abbeyleix in Co. Laois, Ireland in February 1833. He emigrated to America with his widowed...