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Bloomsday 2020

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Post date June 13, 2020
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[caption id="attachment_46967" align="alignleft" width="512"] Berenice Abbott, JAMES JOYCE 1926 Gelatin silver print Print Date 1935–55, The Museum of Modern Art, New York[/caption] RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland’s National Public Service Broadcaster) is set to broadcast an almost 30-hour production of James Joyce’s Ulysses to celebrate the annual Bloomsday festival. Named after the novel’s protagonist Leopold Bloom, Bloomsday is a celebration of […]

Yeats Day 2020

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Post date June 12, 2020
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How many loved your moments of glad grace,And loved your beauty with love false or true;But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,And loved the sorrows of your changing face (When you are Old and Grey, 1892)

Conversations with Kristine Rose-Beers (Conservator)

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Post date June 12, 2020
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Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, The Shanama (Book of Kings), circa 1010, collection Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland – Film by Elaine Wright and John Forde, © The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library Name : Kristine Rose-Beers ACR | Country : Ireland | Years Active : 18 | Website : Chester Beatty Library & Twitter Q – How do you describe your work to people who […]

President Michael D. Higgins of Ireland on Arts & Society

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Post date June 9, 2020
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President Higgins’ letter to Hi Excellency Mr. David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament 4th June, 2020 Dear President Sassoli, As a former President of the Council of Culture Ministers of the European Union, I write to you to stress the need for, and seek support for initiatives that I believe are urgently needed to make […]