Monday, 15 December 2025

RTÉ Brainstorm piece on Le Goncourt des détenus

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In France a literary prize is decided by prison inmates. It is called 'Le Goncourt des détenus' and I have just written a piece abou...
Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Welsh newspapers online - Free resource

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The National Library of Wales has digitised millions of articles from the its collection of historic newspapers. 15 million Welsh newspaper ...
Thursday, 9 October 2025

Visit to Cork Public Museum with a class

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I am teaching an undergraduate module on 'France and the Great War' at the moment. It is a classroom based module but I thought it c...
Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Frederick Douglass in Ireland 180 years ago - An Irish Diary

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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was born into slavery in America. He managed to escape and spent the rest of his life telling his story and c...
Friday, 19 September 2025

RTÉ Brainstorm piece on the Sacré-Coeur basilica in Paris

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Many visitors to Paris will have seen the Sacré-Coeur Basilica on the butte of Montmartre. Some will have traveled there and walked up the s...
Tuesday, 12 August 2025

An Irish Diary on Irish language enthusiast Liam Ó Briain (1888-1974)

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Can you learn a language from a primer or grammar book? Well apparently that is what Liam Ó Briain (1888-1974) did when he learned Irish by ...
Friday, 25 July 2025

Radio interview based on article on Irish restaurant in Paris - La Ferme Irlandsaise

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I recently did a short radio interview with MJ Clery on the programme 'Country Life' on Midlands 103 about the RTÉ Brainstorm  arti...