World of Hibernia articles from December 2001

World of Hibernia archives from December 2001

Editor's Page.
December 22, 2001... On September 11, I sat in my office in Dublin finalizing the content of this winter issue. We were nearing the end of the production cycle, always a busy time for us. Joe Duffy's show on RTE radio was playing in the background. The window was...

Letters.
December 22, 2001... My wife and I have subscribed to The World of Hibernia for several years and love your publication. We have noticed great coverage of the Irish in communities like Boston and Chicago. Perhaps a bit chauvinistically, we would like to see an...

What's hot. (cross roads).
December 22, 2001... It has been a very good year for Irish actors and films, and now comes news that the Irish film, The Crooked Mile, is to receive the TRIBECA ENTERTAINMENT FIRST LOOK AWARD, the brainchild of actor Robert de Niro, at a ceremony in New York later...

Horse-drawn caravans in Wicklow. (Time Out).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... The Irish countryside is famed worldwide for its beauty and for the wealth of historical locations that are strewn across the length and breadth of this Emerald Isle. Unfortunately, modern transport methods, though efficient in many ways and...

Eoin McNamee: The Blue Tango. (The Critical Reader).
December 22, 2001... Eoin McNamee The Blue Tango (Faber, Sterling 10.99 [pounds sterling]) Review by Eileen Battersby a young girl is viciously murdered in the driveway of her own home. Or is she? There is no doubt about the killing, it is no accident--she was...

Rita Ann Higgins: An Awful Racket.
December 22, 2001... Rita Ann Higgins: An Awful Racket (Bloodaxe Books, Sterling 7.95 [pounds sterling]) Review by Eileen Battersby candid and insightful Rita Ann Higgins is the poet of subversion. She also tells the truth. Her semi-urban Ireland is neither...

Maureen Waters: Crossing Highbridge--A Memoir of Irish America. (The Critical Reader).
December 22, 2001... Maureen Waters: Crossing Highbridge--A Memoir of Irish America (Syracuse University Press, $24.95) Review by Thomas E. Mackin in the preface to her memoir Crossing Highbridge, Maureen Waters writes: "My immigrating parents came of age...

Eamon Delaney: An Accidental Diplomat: My Years in the Irish Foreign Service 1987-1995.
December 22, 2001... Eamon Delaney: An Accidental Diplomat: My Years in the Irish Foreign Service 1987-1995 (New Island Books, 10.99 [pounds sterling]) Review by Pol O Muiri eamon Delaney's book An Accidental Diplomat has gained the first-time author many...

Dan Milner and Bob Conroy: Irish in America: A musical record of the Irish People in the United States 1780-1980. (The CD Player).
December 22, 2001... Dan Milner and Bob Conroy: Irish in America: A musical record of the Irish People in the United States 1780-1980 (www.folklegacy.com) Review by John Brophy oh great," said the mates as we espied this new offering. "We probably have the...

Relish: Wildflowers. (The CD Player).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Relish: Wildflowers (EMI Records) Review by Tom Galvin as if proof were needed that those of different denomination or skin color could harmoniously work on similar projects in this country, Relish, the Downpatrick-based band who emerged in...

Christy Moore: This Is The Day. (The CD Player).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... (Sony Music) Christy Moore, a native of County Kildare, started in the music business in the mid-1960s, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike and he moved to England to concentrate on his music. After several years...

Dervish: Decade. (The CD Player).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... (Whirling Disc) dervish were originally born as a sort of impromptu session (as many trad bands have been) with five local musicians who simply wished to record an album of good, homegrown music. The album was released under the title "The...

Luka Bloom: Keeper of the Flame. (The CD Player).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... (Bar/None Records) it is a crime that virtually the only Luka Bloom song you hear on the radio in the US--and then only sporadically at best--is his cover version of L. L. Cool J's "I Need Love." That song, released on Luka Bloom's much...

Diary.
December 22, 2001... PROJECT THEATRE ESSEX STREET, TEMPLE BAR, DUBLIN (until 15 December 2001) Barabbas the Festival Barabbas is one of Ireland's most dynamic theater companies, tirelessly dedicated to creating work that is innovative and exciting. To this...

The lady of the Camellias.(Camille Souter)
December 22, 2001... There is a story, perhaps true, about the painter Camille Souter. During his lifetime Sir Basil Goulding, an unorthodox but successful business man and an enthusiastic collector of Irish art, was a patron of Camille's, acquiring many of her...

Into the unknown -- the Irish in Argentina: the Irish-Americans. The London-Irish. The Hiberno-Australians. The well worn labels that sum up both the paradoxes of Irish emigration and, at times, the uneasy balance between assimilation and the retention of a cultural identity in foreign lands.
December 22, 2001... All descriptions of the process that created new Hibernians across the globe. And amongst them the Argentine-Irish? Of all Ireland's emigrants, it seems that those who left for the southern reaches of South America traveled furthest out of the...

The bold Mr. Bergin.(Patrick Bergin)
December 22, 2001... Like many of his contemporaries Paddy Bergin Snr. loved to indulge in debate and discussion. Heated arguments would often last until dawn. On one particular night the topic turned to poetry. Each member of the company was asked to name his...

Strawberry Hill forever: it took only 12 hours to view and buy Strawberry Hill house in county offaly, but a further five years for Eamonn and Michelle Cuniffe to wrap up their lives in Connecticut and move in. But what's five years when you're planning your home in a building the dates back to the 15th century?
December 22, 2001... In 1994, close to the end of the 20th century, Athlone man Eamonn Cuniffe and his Texas-born wife Michelle had just completed the total renovation of an 18th century Colonial house in Connecticut, and were living 21st century lives. Eamonn...

Picasso in Cork.(Crawford Municipal Art Gallery)
December 22, 2001... When you say Picasso people respond," explains Peter Murray, Director of the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork. He says it to explain something important about Cork as a city--the big names make the difference. The same might be said...

The gastronome.(Erik Robson)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Erik Robson may not have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he certainly grew up a gastronome. Living by the sea in Bettystown, County Meath where his parents owned The Coastguard, a restaurant with a reputation for good food and...

Illumination: Sister Concepta Lynch and the Oratory of the Sacred Heart.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... The Oratory of the Sacred Heart is tucked away up a small side street in the Dublin suburb of Dun Laoghaire. No longer used as a place of prayer, this tiny building is home to the exuberant art and spectacular ornamentation produced by one lone...

The bravest of the brave: Irish-American heroes of the New York City Fire Department.(list of Irish American fire fighters who died September 11)
December 22, 2001... Patrick O'Keefe Thomas McCann Thomas Hannafin William Feehan Eugene Whelan Thomas O'Hagan Michael Quilty Joseph Farrelly Gerard Duffy Patrick Lyons Kenneth Phelan Paul Keating Brian Ahearn Dennis Carey Kevin Reilly Thomas Kelly Thomas Butler...

Witness.(Celtic Furrow Visitor Centre)
December 22, 2001... On the edge of the Atlantic, stands the natural pyramid that is Croagh Patrick, Ireland's holy mountain, keeper of secrets, and witness to millennia of Irish history. In the dark Celtic season of Samhain, its peaks served as altars for...

A rose-tinted view.(the Rose of Tralee Festival)
December 22, 2001... Cynics would argue that it's monumental moneymaking exercise for a market town that has seen better days. Self-proclaimed sophisticates would sneer that it's a twee and outdated version of an Ireland that never really existed anyway. Feminists...

Irish cocktails: a storm rages outside, snow is gathering on your window sills, but inside you're curled up in front of a blazing fire with the latest copy of the world of hibernia, and a delicious Irish cocktail. Sounds too good to be true? Follow these simple recipes and make the dream a reality.(Recipe)
December 22, 2001... IRISH COFFEE * 1 measure of Bushmills whiskey * Hot black coffee * Sugar * Whipped cream Always a classic. Into a stemmed glass or cup rimmed with sugar, pour Irish whiskey. Fill to within 1/2 inch of top with...

Awakenings of journey through a Mayo winter.(County Mayo, Ireland)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... My annual trips to Ireland are as much about hearing stories of my ancestors over a proper Guinness as they are about self-discovery. The Irish landscape, rich with poetic imagery, can guide us to hidden dimensions of our lives. That is, anyone...

County down.(sites and history in Connemara, Ireland)
December 22, 2001... THE MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE William Percy French, 18547-1920 Oh, Mary, this London's a wonderful sight With people here working by day and by night They don't sow potatoes, nor barley nor wheat But there's gangs of...

The forgotten ten: the story of Kevin Barry and the mountjoy men of 1921.
December 22, 2001... Last November, on the 80th anniversary of the execution of Kevin Barry Ireland's Minister for Justice, John O'Donoghue announced at a ceremony outside the hang house that the remains of Kevin Barry and nine other men executed and buried in...

Wild about wildlife.(Wild Ireland Photographic Exhibition )(Brief Article)(Illustration)
December 22, 2001... The Wild Ireland Photographic Exhibition was inspired by a desire to celebrate Ireland's magnificent natural heritage through the excellence and creativity of our amateur and professional nature and wildlife photographers. The launch of the...

The woman who hated christmas.(Short Story)
December 22, 2001... Polly Baun did not hate Christmas as some of her more uncharitable neighbors would have people believe. She merely disliked it. She was once accused by a local drunkard of trying to call a halt to Christmas. She was on her way out of church at...

Honest John.(John B. Keane)
December 22, 2001... There is nothing overly unusual about an Irish writer being more revered abroad than at home; ask Edna O'Brien or William Trevor while James Joyce, Sean O'Casey, or John Broderick might also have had something to say on the subject. Beckett was...

The edge.(the Irish in the movies)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... A few Sundays ago I came down Dame Street in Dublin on a freakishly sunny morning and was surprised to see a large crowd gathered outside the Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers House. They were paused to watch the filming of a scene from a Jackie...