Where was your family during the famine? Animo Television 8 September 2008, RTÉ 1 by John Gibney The notion of tracing one’s ancestors in any kind of formalised way can easily prompt Irish people to cynicism, usually (and unfairly) directed at Irish-Americans. But the US is fertile ground for genealogy, for in a country where … Read more
Catalpa Performed and directed by Donal O’Kelly Music by Trevor Knight Axis Theatre, Ballymun, 18 September 2008 Running Beast Performed and directed by Donal O’Kelly Music by Michael Holohan National Concert Hall, Dublin, 11 May 2008 Donal O’Kelly’s highly individual approach to the theatre involves adramatic reworking of key themes and events in Irish history. … Read more
TheFenian spirit is ever present in Ireland and needs at any time but alittle organisation to make it burst into renewed activity.’ So wroteJohn O’Leary in 1896. O’Leary had been a leading Fenian, playing asignificant editorial role on the Irish People, for which in 1865 he,alongside other leading figures, was convicted of treason-felony andsent into … Read more