12 simple Irish pleasures from the Dingle Peninsula | The Irish Post
A new book has brought the Dingle Peninsula to life - celebrating the simple things in life from cups of tea with neighbours, baking scones, sowing potato se...
Ireland's most infamous murder: 11 things you didn't know about the killing of Moll McCarthy
What you never knew about the murder of Moll McCarthy and the hanging of the innocent Harry Gleeson.
An Easter Rising timeline: Monday, April 24th, 1916
A scene from the Easter Rising in Dublin 1916. Photograph: Hulton Getty
Ten minutes with...Paddy O'Leary | The Irish Post
The author of The Way That We Climbed tells us about his long and hazardous mountaineering career, as well his most embarrassing moments
A Book Review : Put The Kettle On
I was delighted when The Collins Press in Cork asked me to review their book ‘Put The Kettle On’. Upon reading the blurb, I knew it was my cup of tea (sorry, couldn’t resis…
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“Friday's @CorkEveningEcho: Ireland's war for freedom - four book reviews! @CollinsPress @IrishPublisher @UCDPress,”
'The Loneliest Boy In The World': A Welcome Addition to the Blasket Island Canon
The Loneliest Boy In The World Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin with Patricia Ahern (Collins Press, 2014) Review by Felicity Hayes-McCoy. At the westernmost end o…
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Occupational Hazards: Stephen McCormack, entomologist
Becoming an entomologist just happened by accident. Somebody said to me when I was younger, 'do what interests you', so I did and followed my nose into science, biology, ecology, and eventually, entomology. I decided to make entomology my career because insects can be such a mystery; even their very identity can confound you. Because they are mostly small creatures, they are difficult to study without investing time, equipment, and sometimes, obscure literature.
Dying moments of the ancient world in West Kerry
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Great Blasket Island, the furthest outpost of western European civilisation, located three miles off the coast of Dún Chaoin in west Kerry, was virtually unknown to the modern world.
A look at books: Irish revolution, Frederick Douglass and Cecilia Ahern | IrishCentral.com
Great Irish history and fiction to sink your teeth in to.
Pilgrim Paths in Ireland, by John G O’Dwyer
Pilgrim Paths in Ireland, by John G O’Dwyer - Book News | Literature & Books Reviews & Headlines |The Irish Time - Sat, Jun 15, 2013
Ireland's Wildlife
A review of Birds Through Irish Eyes by Anthony McGeehan with Julian Wyllie -- a unique and insightful book exploring birds in an Irish context.