Armagh County Museum The Mall East, Armagh City acm.um@nics.gov.uk www.magni.org.uk Mon.–Fri. 10am–5pm, Sat. 10am–1pm, 2–5pm by Tony Canavan The Armagh County Museum is the oldest in the country. It can trace its roots back to the Armagh Philosophical Society, which opened its doors in 1856. It became an official county museum in the 1930s and … Read more
Land is gold: Kenmare and the Lansdowne estate RTÉ ONE, Tuesday 8 November, 10.15pm Hidden Histories Directed by Seán Ó Mordha by Eamon O’Flaherty Rapid urbanisation and massive economic change in recent years have tended to obscure the central importance of the land question in shaping modern Ireland. The majority of the population of Ireland … Read more
Friel renaissance Translations National Theatre, London Aristocrats Nuffield Theatre, Southampton by Mark Coalter The works of Brian Friel have had a renaissance on the London stage of late. In 2005 Friel’s masterpiece Translations and the less-celebrated Aristocrats appeared in the National Theatre to sell-out audiences, whilst Home Place won the coveted Evening Standard Theatre Award … Read more
The rocky road to modernity Rocky Road to Dublin (1968) Directed by Peter Lennon by Luke Gibbons Film classics often seem ahead of their time, rather than of it. John Ford’s The Searchers (1956) was one of the first to suggest that the true savage on the frontier was the white man, but had to … Read more
SUGRUE, Michael ‘Butty’ (1924–77), circus strongman, entrepreneur and boxing promoter, was born 27 July 1924 in Gortnascarry, near Killorglin, Co. Kerry, one of six children of Timothy Sugrue, a farmer, and his wife Eileen Reilly of Gortnascarry. Known as ‘Butty’ because of his squat and powerful stature, upon leaving school he was employed as a … Read more