Translated from the original Gaelic (and other sources)
A man who will misuse an apostrophe is capable of anything, as Con Houlihan knew
‘Even in this secular age, there is much wisdom, love and humility in his teachings’
‘Dressed in his trademark glittering white outfit, he ran onto the stage and went down on one knee to acknowledge the ecstatic reception’
They struck up the Marseillaise. “What do the words mean?” he asked
‘A fourth byelection took place in Kilkenny City on August 10th, 1917 and was won by a man who was to play an important role in the subsequent history of his country’
Chuck Kruger will remain on the island for this year’s storytelling festival which runs from September 1st to the 3rd
‘What we need, if European politicians have the courage to do it, is planned immigration and resettlement in places like this . . . That’s what the ghosts of the maquis would be whispering now’
‘A doctor’s son, Caples left Hollyford in Tipperary for Australia before heading for New Zealand in 1860 and the promise of gold’
‘The Irish painter Brian Maguire’s giant canvases of eastern Aleppo are so real one feels one could walk into these streets of devastation’
His works gave Jane Austen the title for her best-known novel, ‘Pride and Prejudice’
‘The IRA did its best to blow away Border posts but it was the 1986 Single European Act, the Single Market, and the Belfast Agreement that ultimately have given us our soft Border’
‘On the face of it, counterfactual appears to be just a ponderous way of saying false or untrue’
In the newly opened Nano Nagle Place, immigrants are given free English lessons and the Lantern Community Project provides a welcome for people
‘He began writing poetry while still in school but it was only when he came under the patronage of Lord Dunsany that he really flourished’
‘Among the better-known guests to have stayed in the Railway Hotel was George Bernard Shaw, who became intimately connected with Carlow’
Centenary commemorations will remember Francis Ledwidge this weekend
Leo Keohane: the Educational Company of Ireland wrote to the publishers of Lawrence’s book, ‘Movements in European History’, suggesting it would put it forward for inclusion on the secondary schools’ history curriculum
How Emma Darwin held the fate of ‘The Origin of Species’ in her hands
‘The weekend is a tribute to Terry Willers and the festival he created. He would have loved it’
PM may look unassailable, but looming confrontations could reveal vulnerabilities
The housing crisis will not be solved by undermining natural capital assets
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