Craig
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I’m partial to a great rugby match, a fine Irish whiskey, the music of Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, and Erik Satie, Irish literature (particularly the poetry of Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley), and a good cup of tea.
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Here's a real treat. BBC just shared this 1961 Monitor interview with Frank O'Connor
If I hadn't left Cork, I'm quite certain I wouldn't have been the writer I am; but I think that if I hadn't been brought up in a city like this, I wouldn't have been a writer at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIh...
If I hadn't left Cork, I'm quite certain I wouldn't have been the writer I am; but I think that if I hadn't been brought up in a city like this, I wouldn't have been a writer at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIh...
1961: Frank O'Connor's Cork | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive
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November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Here's a real treat. BBC just shared this 1961 Monitor interview with Frank O'Connor
If I hadn't left Cork, I'm quite certain I wouldn't have been the writer I am; but I think that if I hadn't been brought up in a city like this, I wouldn't have been a writer at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIh...
If I hadn't left Cork, I'm quite certain I wouldn't have been the writer I am; but I think that if I hadn't been brought up in a city like this, I wouldn't have been a writer at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIh...
Not from today’s match in Chicago but the Ireland side was about as intimidated by New Zealand’s Haka as the team from 1989 was.
Sadly, the All Blacks had the last laugh today.
Sadly, the All Blacks had the last laugh today.
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Not from today’s match in Chicago but the Ireland side was about as intimidated by New Zealand’s Haka as the team from 1989 was.
Sadly, the All Blacks had the last laugh today.
Sadly, the All Blacks had the last laugh today.
C’mon Ireland! 🇮🇪
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
C’mon Ireland! 🇮🇪
History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave...
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
Seamus Heaney
On this side of the grave...
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
Seamus Heaney
August 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave...
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
Seamus Heaney
On this side of the grave...
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
Seamus Heaney
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"A personal and lyrical study of Seamus Heaney's work after he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995."
So, the book has a cover, thanks to the kindness of Colin Davidson. Out in January 26 with some events in Ireland the end of February, start of March. Will be available in the US slightly later. Thanks to you all for encouragement along the way.
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July 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"A personal and lyrical study of Seamus Heaney's work after he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995."
