Tag Archives: Ireland

1916: The King of the Cats

Posted on June 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Padraic Colum’s children’s classic The King of Ireland’s Son, this tale is told to the son by the king’s steward: The King of the Cats stood up. He was a grand creature. His body was brown and striped across … Continue reading →

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1869: The Well of Well-being

Posted on May 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

From P. W. Joyce’s Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1869): In the parish of Kilgobban in Kerry, about eight miles west of Tralee, is situated the beautiful valley of Glannagalt; and it was … Continue reading →

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1907: It Rains in Ireland

Posted on May 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Irish rain of the summer and autumn is a kind of damp poem. It is humid fragrance, and it has a way of stealing into your life which disarms anger. It is a soft, apologetic, modest kind of rain, as … Continue reading →

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1845: Frederick Douglass Visits Ireland

Posted on May 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shortly after the 1845 publication of his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Frederick Douglass left the US for a two-year tour of Ireland and Britain. During his time in Ireland, he befriended and appeared on … Continue reading →

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