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Half-hearted: Irish Theatre, 2003
(Center for Irish Studies, University of St. Thomas, 2004)
Irish theater experienced an unusuaily quiet period in 2003. Although the year was free of the controversies that have overshadowed recent years, it was also too frequently free of excitement, creativity, and originality. ...
The Blind Fiddler by Marie Jones, Lyric Theatre, Belfast
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2003-06-12)
Perhaps unfairly, Marie Jones remains more noted for commercial rather than critical success. The Blind Fiddler – an exciting fusion of melodrama, traditional music, and great storytelling – looks likely to be as successful ...
Is mé go déanach i mBaile Sheáin: Donnchadh Rua Mac Conmara i dTalamh an Éisc
(Cumann Léann na Litríochta, 2009)
[No abstract available]
'Gan Unsa ar Bith Céille': An Fhearúlacht agus An Bharántúlacht in Dhá amhrán le Seosamh Ó hÉanaí.Béaloideas
(An Cumann Le Béaloideas Éireann/Folklore of Ireland Society, 2009)
Glactar leis an bharantúlacht mar cheist mhór i gcúrsaí béaloidis sa lá atá inniu ann.4 Tá roinnt mhaith staidéir chomh maith déanta ar chúrsaí inscne i Léann an Bhéaloidis in Éirinn5 agus roinnt bheag a dhíríonn ar an ...
'They can't wipe us out, they can't lick us. We'll go on forever pa, because we're the people' - Misrepresenting death in Jim Sheridan's In America (2003)
(2008)
This paper will examine the recurring theme of death in Jim Sheridan's work, with particular focus on his 2003 film In America. This theme also links Sheridan's work to one of his favourite directors, John Ford, whose ...
Review of "Pavee Lackeen" (2005)
(2006)
Review of an innovative film, shot on mini-DV in a pseudo documentary style, featuring an Irish Traveller family.
Native enclosed settlement and the problem of the Irish ‘Ring-fort’
(Maney, 2009)
One of the most sustained monolithic traditions of Irish archaeology is the classification of a wide variety of earthen and stone enclosures (ráth and caisel) as 'ring-forts'. This is an impediment to understanding the ...
Traditional music and song and the poetry of Thomas Kinsella
(Nordic Irish Studies, 2008)
Music and song are both important influences on, and themes in, the poetry of Thomas Kinsella. His poetry also features several individuals associated with music, none more frequently than his close friend, the composer ...
Performance and music in the poetry of Ciaran Carson
(Nordic Irish Studies, 2004)
Ciaran Carson has established a reputation as one of Ireland's most important poetic voices. However, Carson is also an accomplished musician whose work reflects the liminal borderland that has always existed between Irish ...