Sunday, 21 June 2020

Book review - 'Reconstructions: The Troubles in Photographs and Words'

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I have just written a book review of the following book for the long established peer-reviewed academic journal,  Études Irlandaises : Rec...
Tuesday, 16 June 2020

French edition of James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

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Ulysse , the French language edition of James Joyce's  Ulysses  was published by Adrienne Monnier's La maison des Amis des Livres in...
Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Irishman's Diary reappears in Courrier International

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I was pleasantly surprised to see my Irishman's Diary from May 20th 2020 on La Fronde and Marguerite Durand  reappear on the website of...
Monday, 1 June 2020

The story of the Nautilus, the Arctic submarine that visited Ireland

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The Nautilus was a Polar submarine that made an unexpected visit to Cork in southern Ireland in June 1931. I have just written an Irishman...
Wednesday, 20 May 2020

La Fronde - an Irishman's Diary on the world's first feminist newspaper

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The French newspaper, La Fronde , is reputed to be the world's first feminist newspaper. It was founded in by Marguerite Durand in Paris...
Tuesday, 5 May 2020

'The Troubles' in the French newspaper Libération

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The blanket protests, hunger strikes and deaths in prison in Northern Ireland during the period known as the Troubles (1968-1998) grabbed he...
Friday, 1 May 2020

May day traditions in France and Ireland

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On this, the 1st of May, I thought it would be interesting to look at some of the traditions that are associated with the day in France and...