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welcome!

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sit down and take the weight off your feet, why don't you?

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How to build a better Dublin

How to build a better Dublin | Irish Life | Scoop.it
Ten ways to make Dublin a better capital city for Ireland, including Reclaim the Liffey, elect a mayor, borrow books in the bank, cycle from Sutton to Sandymount, spend a penny without spending a penny, and plan your journey...

Via Patrick O'Callaghan
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Great ideas here ,,but did any of them/will any of them happen?

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Kinsale Pottery and Art Centre

Kinsale Pottery and Art Centre | Irish Life | Scoop.it
Kinsale Pottery and Art School
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Name Day Classes - The Gathering 2013

June 9:O'Brien, July 21: Byrne, August 10: Ryan, Sept 8: O'Connor, Oct 13: O'Neill, Nov 2: O'Reilly

 

 

"Kinsale Pottery will host up to 10 Irish Name Days through 2013, each consisting of a day of pottery making for up to 16 people.  If your surname is: Murphy, Kelly, O'Sullivan, Walsh, O'Brien, Byrne, Ryan, O'Connor, O'Neill or O'Reilly, you're eligible to come - though you or your guest must be living abroad!  In the day you will design pottery to celebrate your Irish roots, examine your name's meaning and history, and you'll have the chance to meet people you're related to."

 

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Going potty with the O'Reilly Clan! How could I possibly resist! And a weekend in beautiful Kinsale, which I haven't visited since I was a child..sounds like a no-brainer :)
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Duke Special Interview: Bido Lito!

Duke Special Interview:  Bido Lito! | Irish Life | Scoop.it
The Grand Old Duke of Belfast
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The Match Box @ The Tricycle, May 2013

The Match Box @ The Tricycle,  May 2013 | Irish Life | Scoop.it

"The Match Box - By Frank McGuinness

 

Directed by Lia Williams

Designer: Colin Richmond

 

A Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse production

 

The London premiere of a new play by one of Ireland's greatest playwrights."

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New Designers @ London's Business Design Centre in June

New Designers @ London's Business Design Centre in June | Irish Life | Scoop.it
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Bangor twins Julie and Lauren Scott have been selected to exhibit at this prestigious Design Exhibition for new designers/artists in Islington. Congratulations to them both!

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Irish Film Institute -IRELAND ON SUNDAY: TAX CITY

Irish Film Institute -IRELAND ON SUNDAY: TAX CITY | Irish Life | Scoop.it
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The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with Begley, and with Steve Collins who will be appearing in advance of an imminent grudge fight with former World Champion, Roy Jones Junior.

 

Ireland on Sunday is our monthly showcase for new Irish film.

 

In a departure from our usual form, this month’s Ireland on Sunday screening features a short drama film followed by a long interview with stellar cast and crew

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Tax City is a muscular new drama directed by U.K.-based Irish-born Tom Begley and written and produced by Andy Nolan. Set in 1990s’ London, Tax City follows the sensational comeback of rock star Johnny Costa (Jon Campling), his tragic fall from grace and his perilous fight for survival on the streets of London. Costa is forced to confront Fintan (played by former-World-Champion-boxer-turned-actor Steve Collins) the brutal leader of a real life, Irish-dominated Taxing Squad gang that preys on the homeless community.

 

Tickets €5.

 

Worth seeking out, if you are in Dublin on Sunday 12 May.

 

Tax City in the press:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.373317266045038.88837.373217816054983&type=1

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You know you're in Ireland when......

You know you're in Ireland when...... | Irish Life | Scoop.it

"You shout Mary in the street and all the women (and a couple of the men turn around). You get excited by the 'grand stretch in the evening'. You go into a restaurant for a 'feed'...."

 

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read more on Magnum Lady's blog:

http://magnumlady.com/2013/02/06/you-know-youre-in-ireland-when/

 

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Tullaghan Hill Holy Well | Voices from the Dawn

Tullaghan Hill Holy Well | Voices from the Dawn | Irish Life | Scoop.it

Coolaney, Co. Sligo

 

"Although it is 3.2 kilometers (two miles) away from the seacoast, and sits atop a mountain, the well has one legendary property that caused Giraldus Cambrensis in 1188 to name it one of the wonders of Ireland.

 

 It was said that it exhibited low tides and high tides, as if it were connected to the ocean. 

 

'A well there is of sweet water; the property of that well is, that it fills and ebbs like the sea, though it is far from the sea.'

 

Other medieval texts claim that the well could alternate between fresh water, and seawater."

Ursula O'Reilly Traynor's insight:

I thought I knew this area well (no pun intended) but this Holy Well is new to me. When I was a child, I loved the atmosphere and sense of peace at the Holy Well near Sligo town. Tullaghan Hill has escaped the meddlings of humans more interested in the theme park experience. Worth a look next time I'm in the vicinity!

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The Look of the Irish: Fetching Collars from Lakeside Leather

The Look of the Irish: Fetching Collars from Lakeside Leather | Irish Life | Scoop.it
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Reading the recent post from NYC based blogger Look of the Irish made me smile out loud ..quite an achievement on a drab-looking London Monday! Thanks Jacinta! Nice dog you got there! Cute collar too!

Ursula O'Reilly Traynor's comment, February 25, 2:42 AM
ps Lakeside Leather is located in Galway.
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http://www.thelookotheirish.com/2013/02/fetching-collars-from-lakeside-leather.html
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Bards In The Woods: 22 Reasons To Avoid The Woods

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Omnibus - Oscar Wilde (1997)

Omnibus Oscar Wilde from 1997...
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more Wilde, anyone?
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Will Self on Oscar Wilde, Part One (Great Lives on BBC Radio 4)

"Will Self nominates Oscar Wilde. He and Matthew are joined by Franny Moyle, author of a biography of Oscar Wilde's wife. Actor Simon Russell Beale reads Wilde's De Profundis."

Ursula O'Reilly Traynor's comment, February 9, 2:52 AM
If you enjoy this discussion on Wilde as much as we do, then listen to Part Two and Three, available on YouTube.
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James Joyce Centre Website

James Joyce Centre Website | Irish Life | Scoop.it
The James Joyce Centre is dedicated to the celebration & promotion of the work of James Joyce, one of the greatest writers in english literature.

 

This house was built in 1784 by Francis Ryan for Valentine Brown, the Earl of Kenmare, who used it as his townhouse. The plasterwork here was done by Michael Stapleton, one of the finest stuccadores of the time. The house was given special mention by Constantine Curran in his book Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, and the photographs he took were essential to the restoration of the house. Curran was also a close friend of Joyce’s....


Via Gerard Beirne, Patrick O'Callaghan
Ursula O'Reilly Traynor's insight:

another place I have not yet visited -- in the meantime the website looks like a good place for a virtual  visit -- they even promise to help you with Ulysses on Mondays!

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Season Of Yeats - the story of two of Sligo’s greatest sons

Season Of Yeats - the story of two of Sligo’s greatest sons | Irish Life | Scoop.it
Season Of Yeats - a new festival bringing the story of two of Sligo’s greatest sons to life with 10 days of Music, Theatre, Exhibitions and the Spoken Word We welcome you to the first Tread Softly…, a new festival bringing the story of two of Sligo’s greatest sons to life with 10 days of Music, Theatre, Exhibitions and the Spoken Word. We sincerely hope you, both visitor and resident, will find events and activities to brighten up your summer and make your Sligo experience all the more enjoyable.

Via Gerard Beirne
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A good excuse to visit my family in Sligo!

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The Commitments

The Commitments | Irish Life | Scoop.it
The official website for The Commitments in the West End. Read more about Roddy Doyle’s best-selling novel, now live on stage for the very first time.
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The Match Box @ The Tricycle

The Match Box @ The Tricycle | Irish Life | Scoop.it

THEATRE REVIEW

 THE MATCH BOX

 

By Frank McGuinness

 

Tricycle Theatre Kilburn

 

Until Sat 1st June

 

http://www.tricycle.co.uk/

 

Box Office 0207 328 1000

 

A one woman story-telling evening, no late-comers, no interval; the promise is you’ll be enthralled. I was. The story is one of loss, of redemption and revenge. Set in Liverpool, a young woman maddened by the loss of her child in gunfire, is further maddened by the reaction of her reactionary Irish parents. The plot is relentless and cold blooded, as we follow the logic of her unsafe mind.

 

What I saw tonight was one of the great one actor performances and a play written with such skill that I wasn’t ever allowed to predict; I was held, fearful, in the moment.

 

Leanne Best was the revelation of the evening, a commanding, mock-modest performance which really must win actor of the year or of the decade. 

 

Shaun Traynor

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spellbinding!

it's dark, but it's funny too

beat a path to the cottage door!

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Sometimes, even on Broadway, words speak louder than actions

Sometimes, even on Broadway, words speak louder than actions | Irish Life | Scoop.it

Culture Shock

Fintan O'Toole / The Irish Times 

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Fiona Shaw in Colm Toibin's 'Testament of Mary', just opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway. I really hope it comes to London next.

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West Cork Literary Festival in July

West Cork Literary Festival in July | Irish Life | Scoop.it
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"West Cork Literary Festival General Booking is now open! Nuruddin Farah, Mary Robinson and Melvin Bragg are just some of the headliners already attracting a lot of attention. "

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An interview with Sinéad O'Connor - January 2013 (SatNightShow)

4th and Vine + interview + Reason with Me + interview (2013-01-12 The Saturday Night Show)
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this is Sinead uncorked

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Adam Frew Ceramics

Adam Frew Ceramics | Irish Life | Scoop.it
adam,frew, Ceramics, Pottery, Porcelain, expressive pots, sculpture, potter,
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Adam Frew was exhibiting and selling his ceramics as part of the Perspectives  @ Craft Central in Clerkenwell . The exhibtion moves back to Belfast in April. For details, see the feature opposite. Definitely worth taking a look!

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Máirtín de Cógáin

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Máirtín de Cógáin on his album, From Cork with Love:

 

The Máirtín de Cógáin Project's album From Cork with Love is filled with songs, stories and tunes about the Cork of my youth.  These always bring me back home to the Rebel County on Ireland's south coast by recalling its many sights, like Cork City’s bustling small back streets, the pastoral boreens of the countryside, the River Lee’s romantic allure, the Coal Quay and Grand Parade’s rustic beauty, and even the majestic castles of my ancestors in Carrigaline itself – it’s all there. 

 

This DVD, an hour long music travelogue, uses these songs, stories and tunes to guide you through Cork and her many charms, and will show you my home the way I grew up knowing it. 

 

I invite you to come along and enjoy the journey, From Cork with Love.

 

 

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Molloy & Sons: Heritage Tweed

Molloy & Sons: Heritage Tweed | Irish Life | Scoop.it
Reflections On the Emerald Isle Landscapes That Inspire Authentic Donegal Weave
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Director Alex Gibney talks to journalist Shelley Marsden about his shocking new film Mea Maxima Culpa

Director Alex Gibney talks to journalist Shelley Marsden  about his shocking new film Mea Maxima Culpa | Irish Life | Scoop.it

" Shelley Marsden meets Oscar-winning documentary-maker Alex Gibney to talk about his shocking new film Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House of God and the somewhat timely resignation of Pope Benedict."

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The Road - A Story of Life and Death

"The latest film from acclaimed documentary-maker Marc Isaacs offers a fascinating and intimate insight into the lives of people who have come to London from afar and struggled to make the city their home.
Isaacs introduces a diverse number of characters who have made their way to London, from all over the world, in order to seek a better life. There's a young Irish woman who dreams of becoming a singer, who takes a job pulling pints in Cricklewood, serving the generations of Irish people who came over before her; a lonely Irish ex construction worker loosing his battle to booze; a man from Kashmir working in a hotel, trying to earn enough money so his wife can join him; an elderly Jewish woman who fled Vienna when Hitler was in power; and a glamorous retired German air stewardess living with her estranged husband.
Fused with wonderful moments of humour and equally heartbreaking moments where broken dreams are revealed, The Road: A Story of Life and Death is a study of immigration that manages to be highly affecting, whilst avoiding being polemical or didactic."

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and partly filmed in Kilburn and Cricklewood ..my manor ..

Ursula O'Reilly Traynor's comment, February 9, 3:48 AM
coming to the Tricycle cinema in Kilburn on Monday 18th Feb ..should be a very special evening.
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The Look of the Irish: Just Saying

The Look of the Irish: Just Saying | Irish Life | Scoop.it

Watch this absorbing short film from Kennedy Films

Written and directed by Dave Tynan

Produced by Kathryn Kennedy

Cinematography by JJ Rolfe

Score by Gareth Averill

Edit by Michael Donnelly          

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http://www.thelookotheirish.com/2013/01/just-saying.html
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