Derry Streets
Become Filmic Stage in Portrayal of Human Emotions
By Dan Hintz
Irish American Post Film Critic
On Jan. 30, 1972, the streets of Derry became the stage for violent
choreography written by the specters of Northern Irish history. Director
Paul Greengrass has captured that macabre dance in his new film, Bloody
Sunday. [More]
Bloody
Sunday Film Background
Peace
Institute Launches 'Pens for Peace' Anthology
A book containing reflections on the peace process
and the current state of affairs in Ireland, North and South has recently
been released by the Irish Peace Institute. The book contains contributions
from a range of influential individuals in Ireland.
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A Lasting
Peace in Ireland
By Bertie Ahern
Good Friday 1998 marked a truly historic moment in the pursuit of peace
in Ireland. The Agreement concluded between all of the participating parties
represents a major breakthrough in terms of consolidating peace and ending
thirty years of conflict.[More] |
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Peace
in the North
By Tommy McKearney
IPeace – like a cure for cancer or an end to famine - has universal
and unqualified approval. No known politician, clergyman, trade unionist,
journalist or even soldier is on record as being opposed to peace per se.[More] |
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Poem
Come - pledge again thy heart and hand -
One grasp that ne'er shall sever;
Our watchword be - "Our native land".
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Getting
the Scoop on Peat
By Tony Leather
You bask in the warmth of the roaring fire, enjoying that heavy, musky
scent that marks your winters. Is there anything quite like the heady smell
of a peat, blazing away in your hearth? No, you'll probably reply, and
there are many who'd agree with you, but conservationists in Ireland are
worried. [More]
You're
Welcome to the Rambling House
By Mattie Lennon
If you are anywhere near my age (apart from being on the verge of the
free travel) the above will ring a bell. It was the prologue to Radio Eireann's
Rambling House, a program in which Ceoltoiri Cuilinn, Sean O'Se, Arthur
O'Sullivan, Eamon Kelly et al re-enacted, through singing, music, and story
telling, the Rambling Houses of old. [More]
Katie
of the Fairies - An Irish American Storyteller
By Susan Doyle Likovich
Cathy Jo Smith is known to many as Caitlin na Si Seanachai, or Katie
of the Fairies, Storyteller. She is a seanachai in the best ancient Irish
tradition. She travels throughout Ohio to libraries, schools, the Ohio
State Fair, and of course, the Irish festival in Dublin, Ohio, which takes
place each August. Dressed in costumes which she makes herself, Katie of
the Fairies sings and tells Irish folk tales, as well as Irish and Irish-American
history. [More]
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