Thursday, 21 May 2026

RTÉ Brainstorm piece on No Mate for the Magpie book

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The novel No Mate for the Magpie was written by Frances Molloy (real name Ann Brady née McGill) in 1985. I have just written a short artic...
Saturday, 28 February 2026

More Irish-themed covers of Le Petit Journal - Abbey Theatre Riot Feb 1926

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I have previously written  here about Irish-themed covers of the French illustrated periodical Le Petit Journal illustré . Another one to ad...
Wednesday, 25 February 2026

WW1 Memorial Cross in Ieper/Ypres Belgium - RTÉ Brainstorm article

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A tall stone Celtic Cross in the Belgian city of Ieper (Ypres) commemorates men from Cork in Ireland who died there during the First World W...
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...