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‘They all died well, but MacDonagh died like a prince.’
Padraic Pearse, the self-identified President of the Provisional Government, and Commandant-General of the Army of the Irish Republic was rushed to the gallows, or in this case to the grim stonebreakers yard at Kilmainham jail.
‘If we do nothing else we shall rid Ireland of three bad poets’
Poetry more than any other art form is intimately connected with the events of Easter 1916. Three of the executed signatories of the Proclamation, Padraic Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh (Tomás Mac Donnchadha) and Joseph Mary Plunkett were recognised poets of their day, who had used their poems to espouse the cause of revolutionary nationalism.
“What are our responsibilities when we love someone and they want to die?” – Miriam Toews
Among the many exciting writers heading to Galway for this year’s Cúirt is award-winning Canadian author Miriam Toews whose latest novel, All My Puny Sorrows, has garnered rave reviews and figured prominently in many ‘books of the year’ lists.
Lisa Fitzpatrick to host an evening of style and fashion in Athlone
Ireland’s favourite style guru, TV presenter, and author Lisa Fitzpatrick, will host a Spring Summer Fashion Show on Thursday, April 7 in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone.
Making A Murderer attorney to speak in Galway
DEAN STRANG, the Wisconsin attorney who was one of the trial lawyers for Steven Avery in Making A Murderer, the Netflix documentary which has become an international phenomenon, will be in Galway in the autumn where he will give a public interview.
Madame de Markievicz On Trial
ONE OF the most striking personalities in the 1916 Rising was Constance Markievicz, the Anglo-Irish aristocrat who became a militant nationalist and was among the rebels who fought in the vicinity of St Stephen’s Green.
Event to celebrate the untold stories of 1916 women
WHILE THE names of the men of 1916 - Pearse, Connolly, Clarke, Plunkett, and others - are well known, the significant contribution of women to the rebellion has long been over looked and underappreciated.
Public lecture on the struggle for Home Rule for Ireland
Home Rule was once the goal of Irish nationalism, but continual opposition from the House of Lords and the threat of violence from Ulster unionists dogged and delayed its achievement.
‘A truly intimate, international festival’ –Cúirt programme launched
IT MAY have been a miserable raiany evening, but that did nothing to deter or dampen the spirits of the many Cúirt enthusiasts who thronged the House Hotel on Tuesday evening for the programme launch of this year’s festival.
