In today’s guest post, Mattie Lennon shares the story and history behind the play”Sive,” which is one of John B. Keane’s most popular plays. Now running at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre, here’s how the Druid Theatre Company describes the play … “Nana and Mena bicker and provoke one another in the small smoky cottage where they […]
Introducing “Fields of Rye” By Des Garvin
County Mayo is the setting for Des Garvin’s new book, Fields of Rye, based on the folklore and genealogy of Shrataggle and its surrounding villages. Two hundred years of family histories are shared, including stories of the two prominent families in the area, the Garvins and the O’Malleys. Other family names from the area include the O’Tooles, […]
Finnegan’s Wake, With An Apostrophe – In Memory of Irish Poet Paddy Finnegan
Each year on Saint Patrick’s day the Irish literati assemble on the banks of the Grand Canal in Dublin to commemorate one of Ireland’s greatest poets, Patrick Kavanagh. This year there was one poet missing, Paddy Finnegan. In today’s guest post, Mattie Lennon, writer and folklorist, remembers his friend, sharing some beautiful memories of […]
