Articles on feature
Tell Tales
It is one of those wild and windy mornings in Salthill. I have just about made it inside the door of a café overlooking the choppy sea. Waiting inside in the welcome warmth is Laois man Colm Muldowney. This is the Headford-based historian who is offering people the chance to document their family history in [...]
The Dirty Business of Defriending
When I was a teenager I had new friends, old friends, good friends, best friends, and on-the-cusp friends. Some of those friendships are still part of my life, others faded, and some of them imploded in tears and accusations. I thought then that when I grew up this kind of schoolgirl melodrama would be a [...]
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A Classic
Exciting, vibrant and alive would all be suitable words to describe the music scene in Limerick. Once heralded as a major stop off point for all touring Operatic societies, Limerick has long since held its love and tradition associated with producing some of the country’s finest singers, performers and composers of the modern era. SARAH [...]
10 Minutes With Kate Walsh
Twenty-six-year-old songstress Kate Walsh on touring with the charming Mr Nutini and why she couldn’t keep up with pubbing it with Mick Flannery. Was it always music or has your life gone down another path at any stage? It’s always been music. I started learning piano aged five and never looked back – I’ve been [...]
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Daydream Recessionista
I’ve just won Wimbledon and I’m a famous talented musician loved the world over. Well, in my head anyway. I’m a daydreamer, and to paraphrase John Lennon, it turns out I’m not the only one. I started wondering about daydreams after I spotted a special offer for a dinner for two of €199. A few [...]
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Suzie Sullivan…Fantasies, Fairies and Beads
In the townlands of Derryaun, which means ‘Little Oakwood’, nestling in the soft hills in view of Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo, you’ll find Suzie Sullivan beavering away at making glass beads, fairies and felted landscapes, all largely inspired by her surroundings. Born in Lytham St. Anne’s in Lancashire in 1953, Suzie and her husband [...]
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