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Uisneach Fires
by Mawie Barrett The Hill of Uisneach may not appear in many travel guides, but local historian Mawie Barrett explains why this ancient and sacred site in the geographic center of Ireland is not to be missed. As May filters into June, it is an appropriate time to offer an insight into the ancient hill of ritual at Uisneach in…
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Even the rainbows are social distancing
by Alan McMonagle May 22, 2020 With wry humour, Irish novelist Alan McMonagle writes of the challenges of living through COVID-19. Somewhere in Bedfordshire, England a ninety-nine-year-old man is hobbling lengths of his garden to raise money for the UK’s National Health Service, and here I am, sitting on my backside, staring at my fingernails and wondering where I’ve left…
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Pasteur and Uncle Paddy
by Margaret O’Brien Trasna editor Margaret O’Brien’s timely piece,“Pasteur and Uncle Paddy,” is about a deadly virus, her great-grandmother Mary, and one of the world’s most famous scientists. Today the world is in the grip of a pandemic because of COVID-19, the deadly Coronavirus. Although it has claimed many lives and disrupted economic and social life around the globe, it is not the deadliest…
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‘Bittern Cry’ by Fergus Hogan
Our sensibility recognizes the divine in Nature and Ceremony. With vision and voice, Fergus Hogan’s lyrics intensify the connection and set it afire. Three Stones for a Decision there’s a path through the woods round the lake where I pray that I take when I’m feeling low down the summer I left I went to the edge and sat there…