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Sean O’Casey

Sep 22nd, 2017 by admin

Sean O’Casey
1880-1964
Playwright, Born in Dublin

“The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), “Juno and the Paycock” (1924) and “The Plough and the Stars” (1926) are considered his three truly great plays.

“I killin’ meself workin’, an’ he sthruttin’ about from mornin’ till night like Paycock!” From “Juno and the Paycock”

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Roger David Casement

Sep 19th, 2017 by admin

Roger David Casement
1864-1916
Irish Nationalist and Martyr.
Born in Sandycove near Dublin

“Despite international fame and knighthood conferred for humanitarian campaigns, despite pleadings by influential Englishmen, and despite his effort to prevent the underprepared 1916 Easter Rising, Casement was convicted and executed for treason.”

“It is a cruel thing to die with all men misunderstanding.” Last letter to his sister (1916).

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Boston, Massachusetts?

Sep 2nd, 2017 by admin

No, Boston, Ireland: The village of Boston (Irish: Moinin na gCloigeann) is located in north County Clare near the border with County Galway. The village is situated in the parish of Kilkeedy. The ruins of Cluain Dubhain Castle & Skaghard Castle can be found nearby at Lough Bunny.

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A Poem by Joseph Mary Plunkett

Aug 30th, 2017 by admin

If I Should Need to Tear Aside

If I should need to tear aside
The veils that hide both Heaven and Hell
To tell you that a soul had died
That once but tried to love you well
No breath should blow those veils aside.

But if I found your soul could save
From Hell’s deep grave by sinking soul
Only if willingly you gave
I’d take—and then I’d crave the whole
Knowing you generous and brave.

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Enjoying the Thatch!

Jul 20th, 2017 by admin

This thatched roof John/Loo was found in County Clare. What a great way to enjoy reading the daily newspaper.

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William Butler Yeats Saying

Jul 13th, 2017 by admin

Glencar Waterfall-County Leitrim

“Where the wondering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-car,
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star,”

From “The Stolen Child”
William Butler Yeats-1886

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Bram (Abraham) Stoker Quote from Dracula (1897)

Jul 10th, 2017 by admin

“It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight. I shall be glad as long as I live that even in that moment of final dissolution there was in the face a look of peace, such as I never could have imagined might have rested there.”

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