Tag Archives: Ireland

1965: Film

Posted on July 25, 2021 by corvusfugit

Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett’s Film (1965). The film is silent, except for the single admonishment “shhhhhhh.” It was Beckett’s only screenplay; Keaton died the following year.

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1966: Dublin Sky

Posted on April 19, 2020 by corvusfugit

Evelyn Hofer: Dublin Sky (1966); from Dublin: A Portrait (1967).

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1938: Signs of Hard Weather

Posted on July 14, 2019 by corvusfugit

From a collection of folklore gathered by Irish teachers in the 1930’s: Weather 27-12-1938 Signs of hard weather: Robin flying into house. Lapwings seen early in winter. Wild geese seen flying inland (southwards). Small birds gathering in large numbers about … Continue reading →

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1921: Outnumbered and Outgunned

Posted on April 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

In the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), Irish republicans were vastly outnumbered and outgunned by British forces—yet they won, fighting to an eventual truce and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. How did they do it? In … Continue reading →

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1919: Ireland in Chains

Posted on March 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

On July 4, 1919, American supporters of Irish independence crashed the Independence Day parade in Washington D.C. Their participation had been officially banned by the parade organizers because Ireland was not a “fully accredited” nation, but—undeterred—they decorated a car and … Continue reading →

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2018: Gan Ainm

Posted on December 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

Helen O’Toole: Gan Ainm (2016-18); gan ainm is Irish for “without a name,” untitled.

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1897: C.3.3.

Posted on December 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

When Oscar Wilde’s poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol was published in February, 1898, the author’s name appeared only as “C.3.3.,” which had been the number of Wilde’s tiny room in the prison: block C, landing 3, cell 3. It … Continue reading →

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6th Century: St. Brendan’s Isle

Posted on November 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

The 10th century Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis relates the story of Saint Brendan the Abbot (c. AD 484 – c. 577), who takes a group of fourteen monks on an expedition in search of the island of Paradise. After a … Continue reading →

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1927: Work in Progress

Posted on August 9, 2018 by corvusfugit

On May 20, 1927, James Joyce wrote to Harriet Shaw Weaver about what should happen if he were unable to complete Finnegans Wake. Another writer, Joyce said, should take it up and finish it; he had the person in mind: … Continue reading →

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1953: Description

Posted on June 26, 2018 by corvusfugit

As for his feet, sometimes he wore on each a sock, or on the one a sock and on the other a stocking, or a boot, or a shoe, or a slipper, or a sock and a boot, or a … Continue reading →

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