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Author Archives: Dr Éimear O'Connor HRHA, HRUA
Strange Times
Daydreaming, I used to imagine the atmosphere. Sirens, bomb shelters, airplanes, broken streets, children in shorts and ankle socks with no elastic, old women picking over the remnants of their life. Queuing, always queuing, for bread, or sugar, everyone groaning … Continue reading
Posted in Covid-19, Dublin, fiction, History, Ireland, Journeys in Dublin, Pandemic, short story, Walking
Tagged Covid-19, Dublin, fiction, history, Ireland, Observations, Pandemic, short story, The Emergency, Walking
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Journeys in Dublin: Night Streets
In the odd light that only close to midnight knows I am out for a walk, and I look at the the houses along the street. I begin to imagine, just as I do when I’m upstairs on the bus … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin, Ireland, Journeys in Dublin, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Books, Dublin, Home, Observations, Walking
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Journeys in Dublin
I was recently recovering from surgery, a position in life that necessitated frequent perambulations around my neighbourhood. I don’t want to discuss the surgery, and I am absolutely fine now, thank you! With nothing on my mind except trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin, Journeys in Dublin, New York, Writing
Tagged Dublin, Ireland, Journeys in Dublin, New York City
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Lady Aberdeen
Its been a very busy start to 2017! I’ve completed two chapters, one for a forthcoming book on Irish artist, Harry Clarke, and the other for a forthcoming book on the Throne Room in Dublin Castle! Lady Aberdeen was the … Continue reading
‘Mining the Image’, a short film featuring artist print maker, Margaret Irwin West.
Margaret Irwin West lives and works in Claddaghduff, Connemara, County Galway. Well-known to the art community in Galway and Dublin, Irwin West taught art in Dunlaoghaire, and in NCAD, Dublin, for many years. She has spent a lifetime teaching, making great … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin, History, Irish art, Margaret Irwin West
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Journeys in New York – Seán Keating: Art, Politics and Building the Irish Nation
Many of my friends and colleagues in New York, elsewhere in America, in England, France, Germany, and in Ireland, have asked for information about my recent book on Irish artist, Seán Keating. The book is titled Seán Keating: Art, Politics … Continue reading
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Journeys in New York – Summer in the City of Welcomes
So, there came a point when I decided to spend a summer in New York. It was not going to be a holiday. I had a detailed plan of research for my next book. The whole project involved a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin, Irish diaspora, Journeys in New York, New York, New York Public Library, New York World's Fair 1939, Seán Keating, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged art, artist, Artists without Walls, Dan Flavin, Dia: Beacon, Dia:Beacon, Dublin, Irish Academic Press, mosaic, New York, New York Public Library, Seán Keating, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the Cell Theatre, Visual arts
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Journeys in New York – Flushing Meadows to Broadway – Hi, simply Hi
What a week it was! Artists Without Walls is an exhilarating experience for anyone interested in the arts, whether a spectator or a practitioner, or indeed, both. The group get together once a month at the Cell Theatre, West 23rd … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish diaspora, Journeys in New York, New York, New York Public Library, New York World's Fair 1939, Theatre
Tagged Artists without Walls, Édouard Manet, burlesque, Chauncey Miles, Leonard Cohen, Nathan Lane, New York, New York Public Library, New York World's Fair 1939, the Cell Theatre, the Chelsea Hotel, The Lyceum, The Nance, Theatre
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Journeys in New York – Charles Dickens and the Ghosts of Times Past
I had good reason, for the purposes of research, to apply for access to the Berg Collection of English and American Literature at New York Public Library. I arrived on the designated morning with library card, passport, laptop, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Dickens, History, Irish art, Irish diaspora, Journeys in New York, New York
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Archbishop Marsh, Berg Collection of English and American Literature, Charles Dickens, Dublin, Edna O'Brien, George Russell, Marsh's Library, Miss Patricia Corr, New York, New York Public Library, Oliver Twist, Paula Meehan, President Michael D. Higgins, school, Seamus Heaney, Sion Hill Convent, Sister John O.P., the Bronte sisters
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Views of Wandering Éimear by Dr Éimear O'Connor 