... Bergoglio to non-believers like you and me) is on a visit to Ireland. Bergoglio is a ‘nice guy’ (the narrative goes) and he met Leo ... religious at all) but I’ll celebrate the Pope’s visit to Ireland by watching the Ricardo Darin film ‘The White Elephant’ set in ...
Bernard Moffatt - Aug 26 2018 - 12:23pm
... six Celtic nations of Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Ireland (Éire), Isle of Man (Mannin), Scotland (Alba) and Wales (Cymru), which ... parts of the Iberian peninsula, the islands of Britain and Ireland, much of Western and Central Europe, part of Eastern Europe and into ...
Alastair Kneale - Aug 3 2019 - 12:34am
... of Jadotville was to be made. The film stars the Northern Ireland-born actor Jamie Dornan who plays Comdt Pat Quinlan from Waterville in ... a truce or the aftermath of a conflict. It was also Ireland’s first UN peacekeeping operation, the Defence Forces’ first outing ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jan 29 2016 - 5:44pm - 0 comments
... was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1987 he received an Irish ... the Féile Fidelma, has been held in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, since 2006. Last year an academic study was published by McFarland ...
Transceltic team - Jan 7 2018 - 6:23pm
... have included performances in the eastern half of the US and Ireland. Burning Bridget Cleary are presently working on their fifth ... year is Seamus Kennedy. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Seamus Kennedy has been entertaining audiences all over the United ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 11 2015 - 4:28pm - 0 comments
... Balleylemon in the counties of Waterford and Tipperary in Ireland. The Baronetcy dates from 1629, just around the time the Anglo-Irish ... ascendancy of the English language over the Celtic tongue of Ireland. It may seem to some that the Osborne Baronets have been about this ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 29 2015 - 4:59pm - 0 comments
... Named after the historical site in County Down in Ireland near the birthplace of band member Nick Watson, Rathkeltair brings a ... 8 Gold Albums, it is no wonder the Ramblers are classed as Ireland’s Number One Group. Searson, comprised of sisters Erin and ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 26 2015 - 10:01pm - 0 comments
... There is more encouraging news for the Celtic tongue of Ireland as reported on the website The Journal under the headline, “10% Of ... to a very encouraging reversal in the decline of Gaelic in Ireland. Quoting from the article: “Contrary to popular perception, the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 1 2015 - 9:45pm - 0 comments
... God. Although it is thought that people throughout Ireland venerated this goddess, she is particularly associated with the ... worshipped by the Gauls. With the Christianisation of Ireland, the goddess Brigit became St Brigit and customs to do with the spring ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 22 2016 - 5:37pm - 0 comments
... Named after the historical site in County Down in Ireland near the birthplace of band member Nick Watson, Rathkeltair brings a ... with Celtic culture. Nick Watson, from County Down in Ireland (vocals, drums, percussion) has played with the award winning Field ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 18 2014 - 4:03pm - 0 comments