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Ghosts of Imagination: A Journey through Landscape, the Land League and the Search for Memory 15 Jan 2013 | 09:58 pm
Reblogged from The Dustbin of History: On a recent research trip I spent a week travelling the N17 each morning and evening. This arterial route stretches North from Galway city, passing through the p...
Download Brig’s fantastic new album for free! 30 Mar 2011 | 08:59 am
Good albums are usually more than just a collection of songs, they are a complete and coherent entity that run seamlessly from beginning to end and manage to traverse a range of moods and styles while...
Terminal Convention 21 Mar 2011 | 06:29 am
We went out to see the Terminal Convention exhibition in the old terminal at Cork airport today. It really is an amazing use of an abandoned space. Most of the works are audiovisual installations and ...
When History Happens 20 Mar 2011 | 05:36 am
It can be difficult to keep track of everything that’s happening in the news these days. While often media is dedicated to filling space and time and creating content to keep us watching, over the pas...
Some phone photos from around Cork 12 Mar 2011 | 12:41 pm
Don't say they didn't warn you Grey Heron and Little Egret next to Parnell Bridge in Cork City Grey Heron and Little Egret close up. The little egret is a member of the heron family ...
Who the hell was Noel Browne and why should we care? 12 Mar 2011 | 09:00 am
The following is a piece I originally posted some time ago on my old blog. It is a summary of the life and politics of Noel Browne and the main source is his excellent memoir Against the Tide. I make ...
Emerald bile is becoming moderndistortions.wordpress.com 9 Mar 2011 | 10:49 am
I am changing the name of my blog from Emerald Bile to Modern Distortions and the address to moderndistortions.wordpress.com. There are a number of reasons for this but mainly I have become aware that...
Castle Ellen on TG4 9 Mar 2011 | 12:55 am
I first met Míchael Keaney about five years ago when I was lying on a hammock, hungover in my back garden. Míchael is what you might describe as a character in the truest sense of the word. That day h...
Oh Ruin on Arena on RTE Radio 1 8 Mar 2011 | 12:37 pm
Oh Ruin (left) and Modern Distortions, best of mates. London based Irish musician Oh Ruin aka Eoin Rooney aka Eoin O’Ruainaigh appeared on RTE Radio 1′s Arena programme last week in advance of his tr...
The Land War in a Nutshell 8 Mar 2011 | 03:45 am
The Land war is in the minds of most Irish people synonymous with the ending of landlordism in Ireland and describes period from 1879 to 1882 when the Land League was active. However the term Land War...
