Gerard Gallagher reflects on the importance of WYD and the “amazing events that have helped to shape a generation in faith”
The road to Krakow
Month: July 2016
Joyce’s real Dubliners
The Real People of Joyce’s Ulysses: A Biographical Guide by Vivien Igoe (University College Dublin Press, €40.00hb)
Aspiring visions in Ireland before the Rising
Peter Costello
Conflicting Visions in a Turbulent Age 1900-1916 by Dr Éimear O’Connor and others (Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, €10.00)
The World of Books
Courtney McGrailAfter writing recently about the Battle of Verdun and the literature of the Great War, I decided that as the anniversary of the Somme would be well marked by State and media, no reference to it would be needed here. But my mind has been changed by the publication of Sir John Chilcot’s inquiry into…
Ballymun creative lab looks to the future
Sophie Overall learns about an exciting youth art initiative on Dublin’s north side
Garden paths and secret side-lines
Brendan O’Regan
I don’t often watch garden makeover programmes, but when I do I’m usually impressed. On Tuesday of last week I enjoyed Love Your Garden (ITV/UTV). In this series presenter Alan Titchmarch does makeovers for people with special needs in the broadest sense. Last week it was the turn of Hari Budha Maga, a former Gurkha…
Towards new ways of Christian living
Just Living: Faith and Community in an Age of Consumerism by Ruth Valerio (Hodder & Stoughton, £13.99)
Giving youth its due
Dear Editor, How wonderful to know that 1,500 young Irish Catholics are preparing to depart for World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland with Pope Francis. The secular media are very quick to tell us stories that reflect badly on young people. Let’s hope the papers will be happy to report on this news. At least…
A moment for us all to treasure
Dear Editor, Text may be the substance of a newspaper but a picture is still worth a thousand words. So thank you for the beautiful photograph you published on page 2 last week (IC 14/7/16) of the newly-ordained Fr Conor McDonough OP giving First Holy Communion to his nephew, James, while his parents looked on.…
The Rebels and the Law
After the Rising: Soldiers, lawyers and trials of the Irish Revolution by Seán Enright (Merrion Press, €19.99)