After a short break occasioned by last issue’s ‘special’ on the Flight of the Earls, Bookworm is back. The ‘Flight’ continues to stimulate the public imagination throughout the country, with conferences, seminars, re-enactments, music recitals and publications. A useful starting-point for the uninitiated is Liam Swords’s The Flight of the Earls: a popular history (Columba … Read more
The Big House Lennox Robinson Abbey Theatre, Dublin by Eamon O’Flaherty The Abbey’s decision to revive The Big House more than 50 years after its last run was amply vindicated by the success of the recent production, which also revealed how much an improvement has been made, at relatively little cost, by the new auditorium. … Read more
Coole Park through the eyes of Me and Nu: granddaughters of Lady Gregory Coole Park, Gort, Co. Galway April–September 10am–5pm (6pm in July and August); nature reserve open year-round. by Marie Bourke It is always a pleasure to visit Galway to view a new exhibition, in this instance at Coole Park, home to Lady Gregory … Read more
Wasted by a sojourn in the Park? Uachtaráin TG4, April–May 2007 Dearg Films by John Gibney The presidency of Ireland is often seen as at best a figurehead and at worst a retirement home, a largely meaningless office to be respected more for its democratic and republican symbolism than for its actual value. There is … Read more
O’KELLY, Countess Mary de Galway (1905–99), Belgian resistance operative, was born on 24 April 1905 in Dublin, one of ten children of Thomas Patrick Cummins, a plumber, of Waterfall Cottage, Richmond Road, Dublin, and his wife, Ellen Black. Mary attended Fairview National School before moving to the Dominican College in Eccles Street. Showing a remarkable … Read more