CURRENT ISSUE:  OCTOBER 2023

Off the Shelf: Absolution

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By Terry Kenneally Off the Shelf: AbsolutionBy Alice McDermottFarrar, Straus, and Giroux. ISBN 9780374610487 2023 324 pp. Alice McDermott has long been recognized for her portraits of mid-20th-century life, with […]

iIrish Crossword Puzzle:

By Linda Burke ACROSS 1 July 17-30: ______ Arts Festival 6 June 16 _________ Dublin (James Joyce festival) 9 August 12-20: National ________ Week 12 June 16-18 Beyond the ____Festival […]

iIrish Crossword Puzzle: Festival Music

By Linda Fulton Burke ACROSS 1 ______ Celtic Consort 5 Chelsea _____Orchestra 7 Brigid’s _____ 11 _____ in the Frying Pan 14 ______ McManus Trio 15 The (F)___________ 16 The […]

iIrish Crossword Puzzle: Makem & Clancy Music

iIrish Crossword Puzzle: Makem & Clancy Music By Linda Fulton Burke ACROSS 1 ______ Gallion Braes 4 The _____Highwayman 8 The ______Song 11 The _____ of Malabar 12 Mary Ellen […]

Women of the 1916 Easter Rising

iIrish Crossword Puzzle: Women of the 1916 Easter RisingBy Linda Fulton Burke ACROSS 3 Margaret ‘_____’ Joyce, member of Irish Citizen Army outposted at Stephen’s Green/RCSI… 7 Mary Hyland, member of Cumann […]