Person: Máirtín Ó Direáin

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Islands of Ireland: Inis Mór than meets the eye

W HERE to start with this awesome wedge of rock in the Atlantic? At the beginning? But where is the beginning? Inis Mór is a continuation of the Burren, whose limestone beds were laid down in the Carboniferous era 350 million years ago.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Maybe Eamon Dunphy was right: Bring ‘coaching’ back to street trial and error

A sports conference in Cork last weekend was in effect validating Eamon Dunphy’s thesis about the merits of street football, writes Kieran Shannon

Wed, 11 Apr, 2018

Readers blog: President is the man for these islands

Áras an Uachtaráin hosts garden tea parties at this time of year, and one was held on 20 June. It welcomed 20 representatives from each of 24 of Ireland’s islands.

Sat, 22 Jul, 2017

Book Review: Leabhar na hAthghabhála - Poems of Repossession

YOU don’t expect to find a poem entitled ‘Didjeridu’ in an anthology of poetry in Irish with English translations.

Sat, 26 Nov, 2016

A unique heritage set in stone

IT’S the stone walls patterning the landscape of the west of Ireland that leave a lasting first impression on many people visiting that part of the country.

Mon, 19 Apr, 2010