The Grave of the Yellow Men

19/01/2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

It’s said that the blood that flows in all of us; every one of us in the country is blood that came from across the sea. Our identity is best understood from a maritime perspective. For the past 800 years, Ireland has been a haven for explorers, settlers, colonialists, navigators, pirates and traders absorbing goods […]

#OTD in 1945 – In a radio broadcast, Churchill accuses de Valera’s government of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese.

13/05/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

In his Victory in Europe speech, Winston Churchill slams Éamon de Valera and his war-time policy. (To add fuel to an already bitter relationship, de Valera had not distinguished himself or Ireland’s reputation when he offered condolences to Germany on the death of Hitler.) “(By the dawn of 1941), The sense of envelopment, which might […]

The Ferryman’s End – Victoria’s Way, Co Wicklow

26/01/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Death of the Ferryman is one of the statues on exhibit at Victoria’s Way Indian Sculpture Garden, Co Wicklow. This statue is one of the “forest sculptures”, each of which represent various stages of life according to Buddhist religious philosophy. For scale, this statue is about twice life size, and sits in a pool of […]