Nick Maxwell Project Kells—Tara: Ireland’s royal board game Tailten Games E30 murray@tailtengames.com by David Anderson The initial impression given by this game is very good. The box’s graphics and layout are well designed. There is no doubt as to what kind of game it is, i.e. a historical-type as opposed to a fantasy board game. Once opened, … Read more
The day Robert Emmet was hanged and beheaded, 20 September 1803, Thomas Moore was in London, preparing for a long voyage. Through the offices of Lord Moira he had been appointed registrar of the Naval Prize Court in Bermuda, a sinecure that promised easy money and la dolce vita. Preoccupied with heading ‘far from the … Read more
GREATRAKES, Valentine (1628–83), healer, was born on 14 February 1628 in Affane, Co. Waterford, the son of William Greatrakes, farmer, and his wife Mary, third daughter of Sir Edward Harris, chief justice of Munster. The Greatrakes were among the smaller English Protestant landed families who settled in south Munster in the 1580s. Valentine attended the … Read more
Unsentimental realist RTÉ 1 Mairtín Ó Cadhain Directed by Seán Ó Cualain and Macdara Ó Curraidein TG4 There goes Cré na Cille Directed by Breandán Ó hEithir (originally broadcast in 1976) by Eamon O’Flaherty This year has seen the centenary of the births of Samuel Beckett and Mairtín Ó Cadhain, Irish writers who have had … Read more
Robert Emmet denied the French three times, twice in his speech from the dock and once from the gallows. His rejection of the French remains the most controversial and disputed aspect of his entire life. Only a close examination of the trial of Robert Emmet puts some of these problems into focus. The speech from … Read more