Denis Lehane RIP – a natural kind of West Cork man
From my earliest years at home in Drimoleague my brothers and I slept under a ceiling of gloss-painted ceiling boards. That part of the house was added on in the …
My 40 years journey since JPII
It’s 40 years since Pope John Paul II set foot in Ireland. And it’s 40 years since I first left Ireland to set foot in Spain. And it’s been some …
Gracias a Badajoz!
One of the joys of my recent visit to the south of Spain with two colleagues was a trip we made into the region of Extremadura which lies to the …
John O’Shea, Milwaukee and Waterfall, Cork, Rest in Peace
When I arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, in 1992, to study at Marquette University in a post-graduate degree course in Journalism and Communications, I didn’t expect to bump into many …