Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Europe awaits Irish vote
Electoral officer Hugh O'Donnell, left, and Brendan McCann, a police officer, deliver the referendum ballot box to Inishfree island on Wednesday.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Old, Heavy, Bitter and Divine
Colm Tóibínis the author of the novels "Brooklyn" and "The Master."
In Dublin, one simply has open the front door to be reminded of the importance of the Guinness brewery in the life of the city.
The bartender at Nearys pub in Dublin holds out a pint of Guinness.
The visitor’s entrance to the Hop Storehouse at St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
An 1886 poster featuring St. James’s Gate Brewery.
1850 portrait of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness.
In Dublin, one simply has open the front door to be reminded of the importance of the Guinness brewery in the life of the city.
The bartender at Nearys pub in Dublin holds out a pint of Guinness.
The visitor’s entrance to the Hop Storehouse at St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
An 1886 poster featuring St. James’s Gate Brewery.
1850 portrait of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A Late Bloom From a Master
W. B. Yeats reflects on his life in 'Among School Children'
The poem -- modest in length, if not in scope -- comprises eight stanzas of eight lines each and employs a rhyme scheme, abababcc, known as ottava rima. Although the lines -- which include a congeries of symbols, allusions, insights and memories -- represent a kind of extended reverie, not a word among them seems awkward or imprecise, let alone superfluous.
The poem -- modest in length, if not in scope -- comprises eight stanzas of eight lines each and employs a rhyme scheme, abababcc, known as ottava rima. Although the lines -- which include a congeries of symbols, allusions, insights and memories -- represent a kind of extended reverie, not a word among them seems awkward or imprecise, let alone superfluous.
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