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Patrick Kavanagh: a Reader’s Experience

February 12, 2022 by Margaret O'Brien Posted in Poetry, Literature, Trasna, Ireland, Culture 1 Comment

Patrick Kavanagh: a Reader’s Experience For generations of Irish readers—for this one certainly—the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh is inextricably associated with Soundings, the anthology of prescribed poetry for the Leaving Certificate English curriculum that was a staple of Irish secondary education from the end of the 1960s until the mid-1990s.…

Sun Reports on Acre Irish History Dig

August 18, 2010 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Education, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

John Collins of the Sun today reported on the start of the UMass Lowell/Queens University archaeological dig on the grounds of St. Patrick Church in the Acre neighborhood. Read the article here, and buy a copy of the Sun or consider subscribing if you appreciate the reporting.

‘Lowell’s Irish Micky Ward’ by Tom Sexton

August 13, 2010 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell, Poetry Leave a Comment

The recent posts about digging for Irish roots in the Acre and Hollywood gossip about the Ward movie “The Fighter” reminded me of Tom Sexton’s poem from his book “A Clock With No Hands.”—PM . Lowell’s Irish Micky Ward . Round 2. Ward’s left eye is already cut, but he…

It’s Bloomsday! Celebrate Joyce and Ulysses

June 16, 2010 by Marie Posted in Culture, Education, History, Poetry 8 Comments

What is Bloomsday? Fom Today in Dublin: Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. The name…

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