Peter O'Connor's silver medal has largely been forgotten, but his 1906 triumph represented the Olympic games at its best. O'Connor...
Culture & History
Over the course of 2019, we wrote a book. This mixture of history and politics is about fake news and...
Francisco de Cuéllar was barely breathing when the Atlantic waves deposited him on a Sligo beach. He had survived English...
Countess Lola Montez - who was she? Wagner hated her, as did the chief of police in Warsaw. King Ludwig...
We recorded an interview with Irish Celtic - Spirit of Ireland. They are an Irish show travelling the world, redefining...
Irish Treble wowed us. Madrid, the Spanish capital, may not be synonymous with Irish dancing or Irish culture in general....
This is the story of translating Riders to the Sea into Spanish. ‘Writing is, essentially, an exercise in introversion’. I...
Cervantes and Lorca in Madrid - this was not the first time we had met. The first time I came...
Mini Exhibitions in Madrid, eh? I'm sitting in a familiar groove. On the metro, an Irish backside slides in familiar...
Imagine meeting the walking, talking embodiments of ancient, universal culture, with hands that have mastered the conductor’s baton and composer’s...
I remember the one and only subject where I learnt something about the Basque language at school. My secondary literature...
