https://vinhanley.com/2016/01/06/the-poetry-of-patrick-kavanagh/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/patrick-kavanagh-1.jpgPatrick Kavanagh 1Another portrait of Kavanagh by Paul McCloskey. www.paulmccloskeyart.comhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kavanaghwithcapforweb.jpgkavanaghwithcapforwebPatrick Kavanagh in O'Brien's Bar, Dublin. www.tcd.iehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kav2.jpgkav2Patrick Kavanagh by Paul McCloskeyhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pk2.jpgpk2www.arthurspub.ie2026-02-01T19:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2026/01/27/i-am-a-big-gerrah-manley-hopkins-fan/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/gerard-manley-hopkins-priest-poet-381-370823-od-1.jpggerard-manley-hopkins-priest-poet-381-370823-od (1)2026-01-30T18:29:17+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2016/01/20/stony-grey-soil-by-patrick-kavanagh/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/stony-grey-soil-2.jpgStony Grey soil (2)'Oh, can I still stroke the monster's back or write with unpoisoned pen...'https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/patrick-kavanagh-stony-grey-soil-1.jpgPatrick Kavanagh - Stony Grey Soil (1)2026-01-22T13:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/01/16/patrick-kavanagh-is-a-very-religious-poet-discuss/2026-01-22T13:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/01/18/a-sense-of-loss-pervades-much-of-patrick-kavanaghs-poetry-discuss/2026-01-22T13:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/09/13/some-recurring-themes-in-the-poetry-of-patrick-kavanagh/2026-01-22T11:51:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2022/12/16/a-christmas-childhood-by-patrick-kavanagh/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/three-wise-men-christmas-getty.jpgThree-wise-men-christmas-gettyIrishCentral Staff @IrishCentral2026-01-22T11:46:19+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2026/01/19/my-mother-in-laws-tongue/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/486550009_1102875701857480_4381434685313623537_n-1.jpgsdfsadOctober (also known as Saison d'Octobre or Potato Gatherers) by French naturalist artist Jules Bastien-Lepage.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/francis_s__walker06.jpgFrancis_S__Walker06"Ireland" by Francis S. Walker.2026-01-19T20:03:53+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2026/01/12/politics-and-me/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_5132-2.jpgScreenshotThe NGO Merrygoroundhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_5131.jpgScreenshotThe huge differences between Democrats and republicans!2026-01-13T16:05:39+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/12/22/the-joys-of-walking/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_5134.jpgIMG_5134Looking towards the Galtees from the sandstone cairn on the summit of Castlegale.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_0886.jpgIMG_0886Casting as long shadow before descending those 756 steps!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_5135.jpgIMG_5135Photo taken looking out from Johnny Hennessy's memorial on the way up to Castlegale through the old Gabhairín Rua pathway. Beautiful view of Glenroe, Ballintubber and Slievereagh.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_7363.jpgIMG_7363Selfie with a tree!2026-01-09T21:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2026/01/05/my-favourite-books/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_2077.jpgIMG_2077Some of my favourite books - and memories!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_2076.jpgIMG_2076Just a flavour of what's on the shelves!2026-01-06T06:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2023/11/03/the-hartnett-files/2026-01-01T18:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2026/01/01/where-did-michael-hartnett-get-the-idea-for-the-title-of-a-farewell-to-english/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bridge-st-croom.jpgbridge st croomBridge Street, croom taken in 1901. Image source: askaboutireland.iehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_7910.jpgIMG_7910Hartnett's draft of his curse on the Féile na Máighe committee, Note these are from 1973 and it is clear that he is already working on a draft of Cúlú Íde / The Retreat of Ita Cagney.2026-01-01T18:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/12/29/christmas-family-traditions/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/52a987b1-f3f0-46bd-a45e-b3bbe379d117.jpg52a987b1-f3f0-46bd-a45e-b3bbe379d117A Christmas Childhood sunrise over the Galtees.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ebbaf032-bd27-493b-8397-68310346e79e.jpgebbaf032-bd27-493b-8397-68310346e79eMaeve and anna visit the crib in Our Lady of Ransom Church in Glenroe.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_5087.jpgIMG_5087Winter scene looking out from our front door in Kiltanna.2025-12-29T20:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/26/some-glendarragh-poems-of-michael-hartnett-poems-from-the-hearth/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_7900.jpgIMG_7900Doodles with Dad - the joys of being a poet with young children!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_4289.pngIMG_4289A pensive Hartnett 'amon g his nameless weeds'. Photographer unknown.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_3172.pngIMG_3172A detail from the beautiful sculpture in the Square, Newcastle West by Rory Breslin, showing Hartnett clasping a copy of the 1987 collection, A Necklace of Wrens.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_2778-1.jpgIMG_2778https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_2778.jpgIMG_2778Hartnett's grave in Churchtown Cemetery, Newcastle West. The inscription reads: 'Beadsa ann d'anneoin an bháis, mar labhraíonn dúch is labhraíonn pár', ('I will be there in spite of death, for ink speaks and paper speaks.'2025-12-24T11:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/12/15/lifes-simple-pleasures/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_6089.jpgIMG_6089Mary's sapling birch has grown to dominate the driveway in Kiltannahttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_4374.jpgIMG_4374My wildflower COVID garden.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/image1.jpegimageThe house and garden in Kiltanna, resplendent with Dublin Bay red climbers. 'You can't kill a rose'!2025-12-16T09:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/about/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/picture1.jpgpicture1Hard at work grading Higher Level English papers each July.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/fullsizerender.jpgfullsizerender2025-12-12T14:16:09+00:00weekly0.6https://vinhanley.com/2025/12/08/philosophical-thoughts-on-glenroe-and-knockaderry/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_5128.jpgIMG_5128... and it seemsd that a twenty-first-century novelist has arrived to put Knockaderry on the map! June O Sullivan's second novel tells the amazing tale of Knockaderry woman, Sophie Peirce, the first true female trailblazer in aviation. the novel, soon to be published, recounts Sophie's epic solo flight from Cape Town to London in 1928.2025-12-08T19:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/12/01/semple-stadium-glory-days/2025-12-01T17:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/24/the-yoplait-experiment-and-other-adventures/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1692867920200.jpg1692867920200Typical Quarry Cup conditions - not for the faint hearted!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/yoplait-founded-1965-logo-770x500-1.jpgyoplait-founded-1965-logo-770x500-12025-11-24T19:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2018/03/27/pulled-pork-and-poetry-at-eigse-michael-hartnett-2018/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/image.pngimagehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fullsizerender-10.jpgFullSizeRender (10)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/c3a9igse-20181.pngÉigse 2018https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/c3a9igse-2018.pngÉigse 20182025-11-24T10:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/17/random-epiphanies/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/360_f_1447385155_e9eyhvg6u0s4jbwkifctzs3gomludjco.jpg360_F_1447385155_E9EyhVG6u0S4JbWKIFctzS3goMLudjcohttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/eureka-1024x576-1.jpgeureka-1024x5762025-11-21T04:42:42+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/16/dan-do-lara-10-le-micheal-o-hairtneide/2025-11-16T21:16:44+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/10/27/my-pipe-smoking-days/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/standard-system-rustic-302-406x406-1.webpStandard-System-Rustic-302-406x406My favourite pipe! Eschewing the robust, muscular aesthetic that defines so much of the Kapp and Peterson style, this classic bent Donegal Rocky 80s briar pipe design is an elegant, timeless shape that haunts my frequent tobacco dreams!!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/standard-system-rustic-303-406x406-1.webpStandard-System-Rustic-303-406x4062025-11-16T18:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/10/28/a-singular-life-the-poet-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/images-1.webpimages (1)the poet Theo Dorganhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/images.webpimageshttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/edward-maguire-1932-1986-portrait-of-michael-hartnett-1941-1999-oil-on-linen-76-x-61cm-acquired-2022-978x400-1-1.webpEdward-Maguire-1932-1986-Portrait-of-Michael-Hartnett-1941-1999-oil-on-linen-76-x-61cm-Acquired-2022-978x400 (1)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/edward-maguire-1932-1986-portrait-of-michael-hartnett-1941-1999-oil-on-linen-76-x-61cm-acquired-2022-978x400-1.webpEdward-Maguire-1932-1986-Portrait-of-Michael-Hartnett-1941-1999-oil-on-linen-76-x-61cm-Acquired-2022-978x4002025-11-16T18:34:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/02/the-last-vision-of-eoghan-rua-o-suilleabhain-by-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_1403.jpgIMG_1403The plaque on the wall of MUckross Abbey in Killarney which claims that Eoghan Rua is buried in the Abbey cemetery, along with Aodhagán Ó Rathaille and Séafradh Ua Donnchadha.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wsn070zncrr31.jpgwsn070zncrr31An unknown Spailpín Fánach circa 1858. A colourised image by Matt Loughrey from a black and white photograph originally collected by Sean Sexton.2025-11-16T18:20:57+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/10/brandon-creek-epiphany-and-a-rant/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_6295.jpgIMG_6295https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2432-1_7-1.jpg2432-1_7 (1)'Brandon Creek, West of Dingle' by Liam O'Neill/Morgan O'Driscoll.2025-11-16T18:10:34+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/16/dan-do-niall-7-le-micheal-o-hairtneide/2025-11-16T16:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/16/dan-do-rosemary-le-micheal-o-hairtneide/2025-11-16T16:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/11/03/irish-weather/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/images-1.jpgimages (1)Showers most days next week says Carlow Weather!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1506501941937.jpg-weather_forecast_ireland.jpg1506501941937.jpg--weather_forecast_irelandWet and windy Status Yellow weather with wintry showers on the way!2025-11-03T18:36:01+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2020/05/18/the-retreat-of-ita-cagney-culu-ide/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5q5t0287.jpg5Q5T0287Brigid Halpin's cottage in Camas. The photograph was taken in 2017 before renovations began by the new owners. Photograph by Dermot Lynch, Limerick Leader.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5q5t0274.jpg5Q5T0274Photograph taken near Old Bearna Railway Bridge by Dermot Lynch, Limerick Leader.2025-10-31T19:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/10/21/michael-hartnetts-legacy/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/311030211_471914084962595_2001561487708472105_n.jpg311030211_471914084962595_2001561487708472105_nÉigse stalwart, Vicki Nash pictured next to the 1971 portrait of Michael Hartnett by artist Edward McGuire which was on display for the opening ceremony of Éigse 2022. 2025-10-22T13:28:31+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/10/20/my-hearing-aids-a-modern-day-saga/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/medical-hearing_aid-hearing_problem-deaf-repair-repair_job-cs590837_low.jpg"I sent my hearing aid off to be repaired 3 weeks ago and I've heard nothing since...!!"https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/download-2.jpgdownload (2)2025-10-28T14:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/10/13/in-praise-of-ryanair-faint-praise-indeed/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/8b2959d5-ce10-497a-8b21-5228078bf29a.jpg8b2959d5-ce10-497a-8b21-5228078bf29aThe sheer joy and excitement on Maeve’s face during her first Ryanair flight says it all!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zzzjuly01channcolor.jpegzzzjuly01channcolorMonetise! Monetise! Monetise!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/unnamed.pngunnamedMy favourite airline logo!2025-10-14T14:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/10/06/paula-meehans-letter-to-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_5125.jpgIMG_5125Paula Meehan. Photograph by Dermot Lynchhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_5124.pngIMG_5124Paula Meehan in full flow, delivering her eloquent 'Letter to MIchael Hartnett' on the Opening Night of Éigse Michasel Hartnett, 2015. Photograph is by Dermot Lynch2025-10-06T18:42:39+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/10/02/reconstructionists-by-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mick-mackey-and-christy-ring.webpmick-mackey-and-christy-ringOne of my favourite, enigmatic sports’ photos of all time! Mick Mackey (umpire) and Christy Ring have a few words as Ring is forced to leave the fray during the 1957 Munster semi-final.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/gaa_museum.webpGAA_MUSEUM2025-10-02T20:59:33+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/09/22/the-camas-poems-of-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/camas-2.jpgCamas (2)Bridget        Halpin's small farm of ten acres, three roods and thirteen perches, which was so vital in the early development of one of our greatest poets. This view is taken from a Geohive Hub aerial view taken in 2006.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/camas.jpgCamasA Geohive Hub aerial view of Bridget Halpin's cottage in Camas taken in 2006.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_5120.jpgIMG_5120Bridget Halpin's small farm of ten acres three roods and thirteen perches so vital in the early development of one of our greatest poets. this view is taken from a Geohive Hub aerial view taken in 2006.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_5119.jpgIMG_5119A Geohive Hub aerial view of the location of Bridget Halpin's cottage in Camas taken in 20062025-09-23T08:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2022/03/14/a-small-farm-by-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/eigse_michael_hartnett_bus_tour_1-1665418744071.jpg-.jpgEigse_Michael_Hartnett_bus_tour_1-1665418744071.jpg--Éigse 2022 visited the Eco Park in Raheenagh as part of the Hartnett Bus Tour. They were given a great welcome to the park by Jack O'Connor. the photo was taken at the Poet's Corner. Photo by Dermot Lynchhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/image.jpgimage2025-09-01T19:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/02/24/an-analysis-of-prisoners-by-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/download.jpgdownload‘Prisoners’ was a limited edition (250 signed copies) jointly published by Gallery Press, Oldcastle, County Meath and Deerfield Press, Massachusetts.  The edition consisted of two poems, Prisoners and Maiden Street Wake and was illustrated by Timothy Engelland.  It was Hartnett’s last collection of poems in English, written before his collection ‘A Farewell To English’ (1975) but not printed until 1977.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/a-grove-of-silver-birch-trees-near-an-old-country-house.jpga grove of silver birch trees near an old country house2025-07-02T20:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/03/05/maiden-street-wake-by-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/irish-cemetery.webpirish-cemeteryhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/irish-wake-blog.jpgirish-wake-bloghttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2019-05-20_121-medium-400x284-1.jpg2019-05-20_121-Medium-400x2842025-03-05T19:31:07+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/02/03/the-troubled-history-of-the-crooked-tree/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/moylan-homestead-loughill-east.jpgMoylan Homestead, Loughill EastThe Moylan homestead in Ballyallinan. the house was demolished in the early 70s.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizerender-3.jpgfullsizerender-3https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizerender-1.jpgfullsizerender-1The Crooked Tree today - You can see the remnants of the old Limerick - Newcastle West road on the left and the new road layout on the right of the photo.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/the-crooked-tree.jpgthe-crooked-treePhotograph taken in the 1960's of The Crooked Tree - UCD Digital Library2025-02-26T13:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2016/03/04/epitaph-for-john-kelly-blacksmith/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/eigse-michael-hartnett-sean-kelly.jpgEigse Michael Hartnett - Sean KellySean Kelly former teacher and local historian and also the last blacksmith in Maiden Street and son of John Kelly the subject of Michae Hartnett's Epitaph.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender-12-big-shaun-kelly.jpgFullSizeRender (12) Big Shaun KellyTown Crier Bill Poster and General Carrier John Lenihan pictured at the left of the door of big Sean Kelly's house in Maiden Street. Sean Kelly is seen smoking his pipe.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender-john-kellys-forge.jpgFullSizeRender - John Kelly's forgeKelly's Forge in the 1940's. L to R: J. O'Kelly, D. Nash, C. McAuliffe, S. O'Kelly. C. Fitzgerald (Information credit Newcastle West in Close Up - Snapshots of an Irish Provincial Town published by Newcastle West Historical Society, 2017)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image2.jpegimageJohn Kelly in his forge in Maiden Street2025-02-11T17:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2025/02/10/prisoners-by-michael-hartnett/2025-02-10T19:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2019/02/16/an-attempt-at-a-conclusive-etymology-of-the-placename-ahalin-in-knockaderry-county-limerick/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderThis is a detail from thje 25" Ordnance Survey map produced sometime between 1888 - 1913. It is interesting to compare both maps. Note the school in Aughalin which was not in the earlier map and again the uniformity of the fields directly to the south of the school signifying efforts to reclaim and drain the marshy area and make it more productive.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_3519.jpgimg_3519https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/aughalin-1837.pngAughalin 1837Aughalin as it appeared on the 6" Ordnance Survey map produced c. 1840. Aughalin Wood is clearly outlined as is the residence of Robert Fetherson. Below Knockaderry Ballingarry road we can see clear evidence of land reclamation and the field layout is very regular. Also note the 'Screen' - the linear plantation to aid drainage of the Ruatach.2025-01-30T18:35:59+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/06/09/the-major-themes-in-the-poetry-of-michael-longley/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/5d61bd8711963f84a733c6c12bd58264.jpg5d61bd8711963f84a733c6c12bd58264https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/images-6.jpgimages (6)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/download-4.jpgdownload (4)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/michaellongley_large-e1433847566454.jpgMichaelLongley_Largehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_8552-e1417089640163.jpgimg_8552-e14170896401632025-01-23T16:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2016/12/03/roosters-by-elizabeth-bishop-a-poem-whose-time-has-come-again/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pc5785.jpgpc5785https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/a81272433929a0bd7338bab6924ff600.jpga81272433929a0bd7338bab6924ff6002025-01-13T13:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2019/12/18/michael-hartnetts-26-pubs-at-christmas/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/607436126_640.jpg607436126_640https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/240_f_177421638_yp1y1j3zk6ugo2vbxadoqldcv62wztin.jpg240_F_177421638_yp1y1j3zk6ugO2VbXadOQLDcV62wzTInhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizerender-14.jpgFullSizeRender (14)Ned Lynch reading 'The Balad of Salad Sunday' during Éigse 2018https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizerender-9.jpgFullSizeRender (9)2024-10-16T18:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2024/10/05/michael-hartnetts-move-to-the-park/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_5068.jpgIMG_5068The Park upon first occupancy, September 1951. (O'Connor, 12)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_5066.jpgIMG_5066Inset of New Houses on map of Newcastle west just before occupancy, September 1951. (Courtesy of Dr. Pat O'Connor, The New Houses: A Memoir, p.9)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/231147404_3994158964029080_5415516130120616571_n.jpg231147404_3994158964029080_5415516130120616571_nGroup of workers photographed on site during the building of Assumpta Park. Photo courtesy of Newcastle West Olden Times Facebook Page.2024-10-14T17:44:21+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2016/02/16/maiden-street/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image3.jpegimagehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image1.jpegimageCourtesy Niall Hartnetthttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image.jpegimagePhotograph courtesy of Niall Hartnett2024-10-01T18:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2024/09/09/free-resources-for-leaving-cert-poetry-2025/2024-09-09T22:24:24+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2018/12/10/the-etymology-of-maiden-street-in-newcastle-west/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/maiden-street-2.jpgMaiden Street (2)Detail from the same map as above showing Assumpta Park and the Mass Path in relation to Maiden Street and the church.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/maiden-street-1.jpgMaiden Street (1)Maiden Street with 'its necklace of sandpits' as seen in one of Patrick J. O'Connor's beautiful maps of Newcastle West.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fullsizerender-19.jpgFullSizeRender (19)A photograph of Upper Maiden Street from the mid 1920's. The first shop on the left is Forde's and because the shop was on the corner of Maiden Street and The Square it became known as Forde's Corner. The second shop was then a bakery owned by the eponymous Legsa Murphy, Hartnett's first landlord!2024-08-28T12:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2016/10/05/some-personal-thoughts-on-the-road-not-taken-by-robert-frost/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/two_roads_in_a_yellow_wood_-robert-frost.jpgtwo_roads_in_a_yellow_wood_-robert-frost2024-08-20T07:43:31+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2018/10/09/old-hay-is-old-gold/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/haymaking.jpghaymakingHaymaking c. 1960. Photograph by Frank Tubridyhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tubular-steel-mower-jpg.jpgtubular-steel-mower jpgWalter A. Wood: An Early Leader in Farm Equipment Manufacture. His tubular steel mower was introduced in 1890. Illustration courtesy of Sam Moore.2024-07-16T17:22:19+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2019/01/03/three-poems-by-thomas-hardy/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/thomashardy.jpgthomashardyCourtesy of AwestruckWanderer -Wordpress.com2024-05-17T12:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/05/18/an-analysis-of-the-poetry-of-thomas-hardy-1840-1928/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/far-from-the-madding-crowd-by-thomas-hardy-10-728.jpgfar-from-the-madding-crowd-by-thomas-hardy-10-728https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/images-4.jpgimages (4)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/images-5.jpgimages (5)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/the-british-culture-of-19th-century-30-638.jpgthe-british-culture-of-19th-century-30-6382024-05-17T12:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2018/10/15/analysis-of-the-windhover-by-gerard-manley-hopkins/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_3335.jpgimg_3335Pope Francis, a fellow Jesuit of course, is obviously very familiar with the poetry of Fr. Hopkins S.J.!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/windhover.jpegwindhoverhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dnpslnox4ae_d5q.jpgDnPSLNOX4AE_D5Q2024-04-05T11:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2024/03/22/the-second-coming-by-w-b-yeats-a-poem-for-our-time/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bwgqngybqe-1577215055.jpgbwgqngybqe-1577215055https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2354f8aaf8f740849907452ec6867daf.webp2354f8aaf8f740849907452ec6867dafW.B. Yeats - The Second Coming (2014). acrylic painting by Peter Walters.2024-03-22T20:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/01/06/death-of-an-irishwoman-by-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/brigid-halpins-cottage-today.jpgbrigid-halpins-cottage-todayBrigid Halpin's cottage in Camas as it is today. Photograph is by Dermot Lynch.2024-03-07T11:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/05/28/exploring-michael-hartnetts-early-development-as-a-poet/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3602.jpgIMG_3602Bridget Halpin's grave in Castlemahon Cemetery. she is buried with her youngest daughter Ita Dore (nee Halpin). Her husband Michael, her son Denis and her sister Mary Kiely (nee Halpin) are also remembered on the headstone.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/5q5t0287.jpg5Q5T0287Bridget Halpin's derelict cottage as it was in early 2017. The cottage is presently undergoing a major extension.2024-03-07T11:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/05/23/that-one-absolutely-beautiful-thing-the-munster-hurling-championship/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mick-mackey-and-christy-ring.pngMick Mackey and Christy RingOne of my favourite, enigmatic sports' photos of all time!  Mick Mackey (umpire) and Christy Ring have a few words as Ring is forced to leave the fray during the 1957 Munster semi-final.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cork-v-waterford-1962-semi-final.jpgchristy ring .jpgOne of the greatest GAA photos of all time. Goalmouth action from that Munster semi-final in Thurles in 1962. Waterford's Ned powwer saves despite the close attention of Christy ring. Also in the picture, Tom cunningham (W), Austin Flynn (W), and Liam dowling (C). the scene is brilliantly captured by photographer Louis MacMonagle. Photo courtesy of the \irish Examiner archive.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mackey-and-ring.jpgmackey and ringMick Mackey (umpire) and Christy Ring have a few words as Ring is forced to leave the fray during the 1957 Munster semi-final.2024-03-06T20:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2014/05/20/that-one-absolutely-beautiful-thing/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/image1.jpgimage2024-03-06T16:43:48+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/03/26/my-favourite-novel-of-all-time-reading-in-the-dark-by-seamus-deane/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/seamus-deane.jpgseamus deanehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/download-1.jpgdownload (1)Seamus Deanehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/download.jpgdownload2024-03-05T22:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/04/03/reading-in-the-dark-an-interview-with-seamus-deane-revisited/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/9992au.jpg9992auhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aba1323b-5dcc-4a42-a0c7-88784185b250.webpaba1323b-5dcc-4a42-a0c7-88784185b2502024-02-13T19:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/11/13/4704/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/download.jpgdownload2024-02-06T17:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/12/13/an-overview-of-shakespeares-sonnets/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sonnet-116.pngSonnet 116Sonnet 116https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/shakespeare_william-thine-own-self-be-true3.jpgshakespeare_william-thine-own-self-be-true3https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/shakespeare_245313k.jpgshakespeare_245313khttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/51fod4risl-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg51+Fod4RISL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/81axyphhmpl-_sl1500_.jpg81AxyPhHMPL._SL1500_2024-02-04T14:28:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2024/02/02/translations-by-brian-friel/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/translations-featured.pngtranslations-featuredhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/brian-friel.jpgbrian-friel2024-02-02T18:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/03/02/the-theme-of-escape-in-philadelphia-here-i-come/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/philadelphia-here-i-come-by-brien-friel.jpgphiladelphia-here-i-come-by-brien-frielhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1411150193-philly_tickets.jpg1411150193-philly_tickets2024-01-23T09:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/01/15/happy-st-itas-day-and-happy-memories-of-st-itas-secondary-school/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0009.jpgIMG_0009Last Day in St. Ita's - Friday 29th. May, 1992https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newhouseslaunch02-1_13.jpgNewHousesLaunch02-1_13https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/st-itas-staff-1986.jpgSt. Ita's Staff 1986St. Ita's Secondary School Staff 1986. Missing from the photograph is the then Deputy Principal, Donncha Ó Murchú. The appearance of this staff photo, taken in 1986, in Facebook earlier this year provoked a virtual avalanche of nostalgia and all the memories and nicknames resurfaced once again like recurring cold sores! 2024-01-14T16:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2023/12/05/the-christmas-tree-by-danny-barry/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/791999d0-bb90-426f-b052-5dff9973a6b2.jpeg791999D0-BB90-426F-B052-5DFF9973A6B2https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/4de7ad7d-9765-4545-ac1f-8b8bf89ba495.jpeg4DE7AD7D-9765-4545-AC1F-8B8BF89BA4952023-12-19T14:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2023/12/10/journey-of-the-magi-by-t-s-eliot/2023-12-11T21:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2023/09/20/in-memory-of-danny-barry-newcastle-wests-other-poet/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/danny-barry-warrant-1.jpegDanny Barry Warrant (1)Danny Barry's Warrant of Appointment as Summons Server issued by the Circuit Court Office on 15th August 1955https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/danny-barry.pngDanny Barry 'The Bard of Bothar Buí'Danny Barry 'The Bard of Bothar Buí'2023-12-05T17:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/12/19/michael-hartnetts-christmas-in-maiden-street/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/5551343337_fda62f0416_z-copy.jpg5551343337_fda62f0416_z - Copyhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/images-6.jpgimages (6)2023-12-05T10:17:40+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2014/12/24/christmas-in-maiden-street-in-the-good-old-days-2/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image31.jpgimagehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/michaelhartnett1.jpegMichaelHartnett2023-12-05T10:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2014/11/24/advent-by-patrick-kavanagh-3/2023-11-12T10:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2023/10/25/analysis-of-robert-lowells-skunk-hour/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mecastineseenfromnautilusisland1905.webpMECastineSeenfromNautilusIsland1905https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cover-500.webpcover-5002023-10-25T17:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2018/03/05/crossing-the-iron-bridge-by-michael-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-iconic-iron-bridge.jpgThe iconic Iron BridgeThe Iron Bridge (Curling's Bridge) as seen in a National Library of Ireland photograph from 1903.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/gn4_dat_9088199-the_restored_151_year_old_bridge_which_has_been_reopened_to_pedestrians_in_the_county_town__below__the_footbridge_as_seen_in_a_national_library_of_ireland_photograph.jpgGN4_DAT_9088199.jpg--the_restored_151_year_old_bridge_which_has_been_reopened_to_pedestrians_in_the_county_town__below__the_footbridge_as_seen_in_a_national_library_of_ireland_photographThe restored 151-year-old bridge which has been reopened to pedestrians in the Newcastle West. Picture: Marie Keating, Limerick Leader2023-10-10T17:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2023/09/01/free-resouces-for-leaving-cert-english-2024/2023-10-05T11:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/09/30/an-overview-of-the-poetry-of-emily-dickinson/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/emily-dickinson-7-728.jpgemily-dickinson-7-728https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/images-3.jpgimages (3)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/images-2.jpgimages (2)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/emily-dickinson-poet-if-i-read-a-book-and-it-makes-my-whole-body-so.jpgemily-dickinson-poet-if-i-read-a-book-and-it-makes-my-whole-body-sohttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/emily-web.jpgEmily-webhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/images-11.jpgimages (1)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/images.jpgimageshttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/woman-of-inspiration-emily-dickinson1.jpgwoman-of-inspiration-emily-dickinson12023-09-01T20:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/11/05/an-introduction-to-metaphysical-poetry/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/metaphysical-poem-4-638.jpgmetaphysical-poem-4-638https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/8414478.png8414478https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1887_1_8.jpg1887_1_82023-09-01T11:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2016/06/19/analysis-of-the-harvest-bow-by-seamus-heaney/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/harvestbowweb.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA traditionally crafted Harvest Bowhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsc_0023.jpgDSC_00232023-09-01T11:11:44+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2021/01/24/an-analysis-of-inversnaid-by-gerard-manley-hopkins/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/18e757592992fc7b5d6b9fecef52151d.jpg18e757592992fc7b5d6b9fecef52151dhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/inversnaid-by-gerard-manley-hopkins.jpgInversnaid-by-Gerard-Manley-Hopkins(c) poemanalysis.com2023-08-28T20:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/05/08/an-analysis-of-the-poetry-of-john-montague/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cmdovcqweaaqrlf.jpgCmdOvCqWEAAQrlf'Portrait of John Montague' / 2015-16 / 127x117cm / oil on canvas by Colin Davidsonhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/john-montague1.jpgjohn-montaguehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/images-3.jpgimages (3)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/john-montague.jpgJohn MontagueGarbh Fhaiche = The Rough Field = Garvaheyhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/great-book016c-pmf-john-montague-poet-no-border.jpgGreat-Book016C-PMF-John-Montague-poet-no-borderThe poet John Montague at work.2023-04-21T12:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/05/04/in-memoriam-sheila-hackett/2023-03-20T20:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2022/09/20/free-resources-for-leaving-cert-english-higher-2023/2023-01-17T18:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2022/12/28/the-banshees-of-inisherin-a-review/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/banshees-1600x1066-1.jpgbanshees-1600x1066-1https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/the_banshees_of_inisherin_quad_uki.jpgthe_banshees_of_inisherin_quad_uki2022-12-28T17:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2022/12/10/the-weir-at-the-abbey-a-review/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_4629-42927241-e1670709590752.jpgIMG_4629Front Row: Brendan Coyle, Jolly Abraham, Marty Rea. Back Row: Peter Coonan, Sean Fox.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_4630.jpgIMG_46302022-12-11T10:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/12/19/study-notes-on-foster-by-claire-keegan/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hand-coming-out-of-water-drawing.jpghand-coming-out-of-water-drawingEve's Blog N Stuff - WordPress.comhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/544095860.jpg544095860https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/stormy_beach5x7_grande.jpgstormy_beach5x7_grandeA Walk in the Surf - thegoldengallery.comhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dcc343857741e8705282a40f8cf1707b.jpgdcc343857741e8705282a40f8cf1707bCurracloe https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bdefde61790304571634224599f0da79-beautiful-images-a-beautiful.jpgbdefde61790304571634224599f0da79--beautiful-images-a-beautifulLavender Farm, Coolnagloose, Inch, Co. Wexfordhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1de3d387453251697f4379713e5e447e-farm-art-tractors.jpg1de3d387453251697f4379713e5e447e--farm-art-tractorsOut to Pasture, Ballymore, Wexford by Tony Robinson on ArtClick.ie Irishhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d9ec21146b54169ee17ba468b75b6c3a.jpgd9ec21146b54169ee17ba468b75b6c3aAfter the Rain - Repairs at Ballymore Farm, Co. Wexford. https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/images-10.jpgimages (10)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/claire-keegan-006.jpgClaire-Keegan-006https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/8143909.jpg8143909The cover photo was given to Claire Keegan by Madelaine Greene., wife of John McGahern. It was taken at a funfair in Brussels.2022-11-19T17:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2021/10/04/michael-hartnett-memorial-lecture-2021/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/pat-maher.jpegPat MaherPat Maher who discovered the poem Public Servant among his papers recently worked alongside Michael Hartnett for many years in the telephone exchange in St. Andrew Street, Dublin.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image.jpgimagehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/0n0a3077.jpg0N0A3077Ambassador Dan Mulhall, addressing the audience during his Michael Hartnett Memorial Lecture during Éigse Michael Hartnett, 2nd October, 2021.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_4411.jpgIMG_44112022-11-14T19:22:26+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2022/11/01/a-historical-sketch-of-knockaderry-fron-early-christian-times-to-the-great-famine/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/begleys-farm.jpgBegley's FarmThis is a draweing of the Begley Farm in Clouncagh which includes the names of each field as it was in 1852. The asterisk in the corner of Hartnett's Field denotes the location of the hedge school operated by Andrew Conway prior to the arrival of John Croke circa 1850https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/knockaderry-house-and-chesterfield.jpgKnockaderry House and Chesterfielda detail from the 1840 historic map showing the sculpted and structured gardens surrounding Knockaderry House and Chesterfield - including their very own fish pond. It seems unusual that two 'Great Houses' like these would be in such close proximity to each other.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img-4293.jpgIMG-4293Aughalin Wood in the townland of Aughalin which probably gave Knockaderry its name - 'Cnoc an Doire' meaning 'The Hill of the Oak Wood'.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img-4292.jpgIMG-4292Knockaderry Village as it appears on the c. 1840 Ordinance Survey map showing St. Munchin's Church, RIC police barracks and the Fair Green which became notorious for the Faction Fights it attracted in the 1800s.2022-11-03T18:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2019/02/11/the-mystery-of-michael-hartnetts-entry-for-the-eurovision-song-contest/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_4604.jpgIMG_4604https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_4605.jpgIMG_4605https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fullsizerender-20.jpgFullSizeRender (20)2022-10-12T08:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2022/10/01/eigse-michael-hartnett-2022/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_4599.jpgIMG_4599https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/082795e82fccaf04fa5bfd20023ca6f84136202c28d2a6c14a22add57f427c2e-rimg-w1200-h1800-gmir.webp082795e82fccaf04fa5bfd20023ca6f84136202c28d2a6c14a22add57f427c2e-rimg-w1200-h1800-gmirhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/eigse_michael_hartnett_festival_logo_2022-1-e1664486665455.pngEigse_Michael_Hartnett_Festival_Logo_2022https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/eigse_michael_hartnett_festival_logo_2022.pngEigse_Michael_Hartnett_Festival_Logo_20222022-10-01T15:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2017/10/22/a-brief-analysis-of-seamus-heaneys-poem-death-of-a-naturalist/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4598.jpgIMG_4598https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/images-7.jpgimages (7)... and I knew / That if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lint-hole-sm.jpglint-hole-sm2022-09-24T14:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2022/09/23/lint-water-by-seamus-heaney/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/slide_4.jpgslide_4https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/6.seamus-heaney-34-e1561471357986-1.jpg6.Seamus-Heaney-34-e1561471357986 (1)The Hands of History by artist Raymie Watsonhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/be43a46480ec3d44bcfc1cc78bed9d363cb89cfb.jpgbe43a46480ec3d44bcfc1cc78bed9d363cb89cfbThe Flax Dam - bbc.co.uk2022-09-24T14:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2015/11/23/derek-mahon-an-overview/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/quote-it-s-practically-my-subject-my-theme-solitude-and-community-the-weirdness-and-terrors-derek-mahon-112-0-038.jpgquote-it-s-practically-my-subject-my-theme-solitude-and-community-the-weirdness-and-terrors-derek-mahon-112-0-038https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/derek-mahon-anthony-palliser.jpgderek-mahon-Anthony PalliserDerek Mahon by Anthony Palliser from Portraits d'Irlandehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/derek-mahon-ii-oil.jpgderek-mahon-ii-oilAt the heart of the ridiculous, the sublime... www.likesuccess.comhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/d-mahon.jpgd mahon2022-09-19T18:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2021/02/06/study-guide-to-dancing-at-lughnasa-by-brian-friel/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/nintchdbpict000001487915.jpgnintchdbpict000001487915https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mv5bmta3mtm0mjcwotveqtjeqwpwz15bbwu3mda0nju3mte40._v1_.jpgMV5BMTA3MTM0MjcwOTVeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU3MDA0NjU3MTE@._V1_https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/images-5.jpgimages (5)Catherine McCormack as Chris and Rhys Ifans as Gerry Evans in Dancing at Lughnasa.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/brian-friel-a-tribute.jpgbrian-friel-a-tributeOriginal portrait of playwright Brian Friel by Donegal artist Stephen Bennetthttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/unnamed-3.jpgunnamed (3)The famous 'Gander Scene' with Meryl Streep and young Michaelhttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/images-6.jpgimages (6)2022-08-01T16:52:13+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2021/10/30/review-small-things-like-these-by-claire-keegan/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_4418-1.pngIMG_4418 (1)Cover image is by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow (Winter), 1565, incamarastock/alamy. Author photo Frederic Stucin/Pasco & Co2022-01-31T19:07:28+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2019/12/22/christmas-greetings/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/christmas-2019-1.jpgChristmas 2019https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/christmas-2019.jpgChristmas 20192021-10-15T19:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2021/09/18/ageless-hartnett/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/peter-browne-rte-1.jpgPresenter, Peter Browne at the River Island Hotel. Photo by JohnPresenter, Peter Browne pictured with Maida Sugure, Martin O'Connor and Paddy Jones before their interviews on Friday night at the River Island Hotel. 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The old church ruin and adjoining graveyard were at the centre of the original fort.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cloncagh-ringfort.pngCloncagh RingfortThe view of the remnants of the great fort at Clouncagh as it is seen today on Google Mapshttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/3-dsc03375.jpg3-dsc03375https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2-dsc03377.jpg2-dsc03377The gable of the ruined church and in the middle foreground the impressive tomb of the D'Arcy family.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1-dsc03379-1.jpg1-dsc03379 (1)The entrance to the Old Graveyard in Clouncagh as it is today. www.HistoricGraves.iehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_4295.jpgIMG_4295Wider view of the townland of Clouncagh from same c. 1840 map.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_4294.jpgIMG_4294The circular fort in Clouncagh showing the ruins of Cloncagh church, the graveyard the three wells associated with St. Patrick, Lady's Well, Sunday's Well and St. Patrick's Well. 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Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! 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Derry.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/poetrycornerseamus.jpgpoetrycornerseamus2018-09-22T15:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2018/09/19/%ef%bb%bfseptember-rambles-in-puerto-rico/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img-0799.jpgIMG-0799A panoramic view of the beach and marina from on high!https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fullsizerender-12.jpgFullSizeRender (12)https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img-0886.jpgIMG-0886Ready to descend the 756 steps!2018-09-19T20:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2014/12/24/delivering-the-post-on-christmas-day-in-newcastle-west-long-ago/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender-post-office-ncw.jpgFullSizeRender - Post Office NCWPostmen outside Post Office circa 1935 L to R: Denis Moylan (Postmaster), Dinny Hunt, Pat Keating, Tommy Sheehy, Danny Roche, Charlie Haynes, Jackie Sullivan and Jackie Hunt. Information gleaned from Newcastle West in Close Up - Snapshots of an Irish Provincial Town' published by Newcastle West Historical Society (2017).https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image6.jpgimagehttps://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image5.jpgimageMicky Healy with his handcart in Maiden Street in 19362018-04-25T20:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://vinhanley.com/2018/04/17/treasured-father-son-memories-recounted-at-opening-of-eigse-michael-hartnett-2018/https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/norma-prendeville.jpgNorma PrendevilleNorma Prendeville at the launch of Gabriel Fitzmaurice's Milking ther sun - Ag Crú na Gréine (with illustrations by Gabriel's wife Brenda). 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Notice the faint outline of the fort which was removed still visible in the centre of the field.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/untitled-1.pngUntitled 1Reeve's Corn Mill situated on lands today owned by the Enright family at Ballinoe on the banks of the Ábha na Scáth river.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/untitled1.pngUntitledThe Field of the Flax - with a fort or lios in the centre. Above the road is the "neat cottage residence suited for a gentleman's family" once owned by Mr. J.P. Fitzgerald MP.https://vinhanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/untitled.pngUntitledThe Field of the Flax - with a fort or lios in the centre. 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