James Joyce by Roger Cummiskey. When we think of Ireland, we think of a country that has a rich cultural heritage. A place which seems to be bursting at the seams with poets, novelists and playwrights, who all seem to have been gifted with an incredible innate sense of storytelling and drama. If you were to check the list of Nobel Prize winners since it’s inception, you’d find that Ireland ranks eighth in terms of how many it has produced over the years. Just what is it that makes the Irish so good at writing and the creative process? The first Irish foray into literature Culturally speaking, Ireland lays claim to the fact that it has one of the oldest forms of vernacular literature in the world, with only Greek or Latin able to match it. The Irish peoples were literate from the very earliest centuries, utilising a simple writing system called “Ogham” which was a way of communicating via inscriptions on little stone tablets. One of the very first proper written Irish wor
Click here Bloomsday 2017 edit Come and join us on the beach in Fuengirola on: Bloomsday, Friday 16 June 2017 at 08:00 h. We will start by reading Chapter six from Ulysses – Hades, Glasnevin cemetery in YOUR language. Bring your own copy. Enquiries from +34 666 78 26 42. And it is FREE. All that is required is that you turn up on time to participate. It will be a memorable occasion. A fun get together providing the opportunity to become fully or partially immersed in – sea water. Bloomsday – June 16th – is an annual celebration among Joyce fans throughout the world, from Fuengirola to Melbourne. It is celebrated in at least sixty countries worldwide. The novel, Ulysses , by James Joyce recounts the hour-by-hour events of one day in Dublin – June 16, 1904 – as an ordinary Dubliner, Leopold Bloom, wends his way through the urban landscape, the odyssey of a modern-day Ulysses. Where: The Beach, Fuengirola Paseo Marítimo Rey de España, 29640 Fuen
One only print on Indian handmade paper with gold thread. €25.00. 14 IRISH QUOTES ABOUT LOVE AND ROMANCE I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. Oliver Goldsmith Women are made to be loved, not understood. Oscar Wilde The most important things in the world to do are to get something to eat, something to drink, and somebody to love you. Brendan Behan They lived and laughed and loved and left. James Joyce You dont love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear. Oscar Wilde Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother's love is not. James Joyce Love will heal what language fails to know. Eavan Boland It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned. Patrick Kavanagh How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insi
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