The new Minister for Children is a gay man called Roderic O’Gorman. In 2018, he appeared in a picture with a man by the name of Peter Tatchell at a Pride parade in Dublin. The minister later tweeted the picture, stating that he was proud to be pictured with that LGBT activist. In 1997, Tatchell … Continue reading Roderic O’Gorman: Smear tactics in the age of Twitter
Tim Robinson: Aran as a site of cultural movement
The following was designed to be presented at Textualities20, a mini-conference I was involved in, due to have been held on 20th of March. It was cancelled once the colleges closed. Its subject, Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage, was written by Tim Robinson, a Yorkshireman who passed away on the 3rd of this month at the … Continue reading Tim Robinson: Aran as a site of cultural movement
[ePortfolio]Summing up: An Internal Monoblog Retrospective
I've had an interesting relationship with the blogging. I published a total of nine posts since I started, the last three of which hit in the space of a week. I honestly planned on keeping a more regular schedule this month but then, for obvious reasons, I spent more and more time inside. Without the … Continue reading [ePortfolio]Summing up: An Internal Monoblog Retrospective
Literature review
My thesis will focus on the marginalised voice in the Irish short story. Though Ireland is a small island, we have a proud tradition of short fiction. The richness that makes it such a fascinating area also makes it a challenge for research. The following literature review will investigate the scholarship on the subject with … Continue reading Literature review
How diverse casting can enhance Shakespeare
I had a class recently by a lecturer named Imke Lichterfeld. It was a research seminar about casting in Shakespeare productions for the modern stage. Central to the class was an article written in The Telegraph criticising casting choices that did not adhere to the writer's conception of appropriate casting for Elizabethan drama, and its … Continue reading How diverse casting can enhance Shakespeare
Gaeglers: Macken’s Sharpest Ironies
Walter Macken was the author of dozens of short stories set in Ireland. I was reading his collection The Coll Doll and other stories (out of print, sadly) when I found one rich in ironic subtext. It concerns a man by the name of Gaeglers who one evening goes carousing along the promenade, getting into … Continue reading Gaeglers: Macken’s Sharpest Ironies
Synge’s The Aran Islands: Civilisation as a Negative Influence
I'm reading a book by JM Synge about his travels in the west of Ireland. Synge is known for Playboy of the Western World. I can't name any of his other works, although obviously I know that he was involved in the Abbey Theatre. I'd not read or seen any of his work so I … Continue reading Synge’s The Aran Islands: Civilisation as a Negative Influence
Wiki Time
Over a week ago, I did some Wikipedia editing for the first time. The assignment was to chose a page relating to our research interest and edit it. The purpose of this was to encourage our engagement with the community. I'd like to write my thesis on the relationships between Irish and French literature so … Continue reading Wiki Time
Echoes of Charlotte Smith
Charlotte Smith was a Romantic poet. I think the movement is pretty much always associated with masculine passion and individualism but of course there were female Romantic poets. Google Romantic poets or male Romantic poets and the row of faces along the top is the same. Google female Romantic poets and you get fewer names. … Continue reading Echoes of Charlotte Smith
Alex Davis lectures on T.S. Eliot
On Wednesday 22nd of January, I went to a seminar by Professor Alex Davis of the UCC School of English. It was about T.S. Eliot's engagement with detective fiction. I've taken two modules that Alex taught during my BA. The first was in second year. It was called Nineteenth Century Literature. He taught some classes … Continue reading Alex Davis lectures on T.S. Eliot
Internal Monoblog 