Eveleen Nicholls: A Gaelic League Activist’s Tragic End on the Blasket Islands
Dark Day on the Blaskets: The Death of Eveleen Nicholls
Eveleen Constance Nicholls, Gaelic League activist, was born October 22, 1884, in Dublin, the second...
Kids craic: who’s your daddy (part 3)
When I started writing about the Founding Fathers, I never thought it was going to take three parts! I do not know why I...
Cleveland Comhra: Leap Castle
Cleveland Comhra: Leap Castle
“Suddenly, two hands were laid on my shoulders. I turned around sharply and saw, as clearly as I see you now,...
A Doomed Romance on the Western Frontier: Kevin Barry’s The Heart in Winter
Doubleday PublishingISBN 97803855505982024243 pp
Butte, Montana in the early fall of 1891 is the setting for Kevin Barry’s latest novel, his fourth. His most recent...
Long Island: Colm Tóibín’s Compelling Sequel to Brooklyn Explores Love, Loyalty, and Identity
Long Island
By Colm ToibinSimon & Schuster (Scribner)ISBN 978-1-4767-8513-0 2024 295 pp.
Long Island, Toibin’s sequel to the highly acclaimed Brooklyn, which was made into a...