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Bloomsday 2017

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EVENT Press Release. Release date :     15/05/2017                          Release Ref No : PR 156/17 RTC Contact : Roger Cummiskey - Tel : 952 592 652  -  Mob. 666 782 642 ___________________________________________________________ 7th Bloomsday Bathe on the Beach, Malaga – Spain For the seventh year we are planning a simple reading, swim or paddle off the beach on Bloomsday this year on Friday, 16th June.  What makes our event a little different is that the readers are encouraged to read their pieces in their own language. This is a fun, non intellectual, nor threatening event. 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! Where:  The Beach, Fuengirola La Cepa Playa, Paseo MarĂ­timo Rey de España, 29640 Fuengirola, Málaga...

Sabor de España - Taste of Spain

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PRESS RELEASE Contact : Roger Cummiskey - Tel : 952 592 652  -  Mob. 666 782 642 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art Exhibition   Un paseo por Ulysses - A Stroll Through Ulysses 
 Arte y Cocina Restaurante  Calle Miguel de Cervantes, 15, Fuengirola 29640. InauguraciĂłn: Thursday 07.06 @ 18:00 h Until 30.06. Open daily 18-23 h. 
 Closed Monday / Lunes cerrado . 
 An interesting collection of paintings combining influences based on James Joyce and Miguel de Cervantes and other Spanish related themes by Roger Thomas Cummiskey, Irish Artist. Restaurante: phone: +34 610 953 998 (mobile). Guzyal from Kazakhstan and her Italian husband Luciano have opened a new restaurant in Fuengirola serving an International menu and creating a gallery for the display of Artworks. I had never met anybody from Kazakhstan previously. Guzyal is a...

Ireland’s four provinces

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The story behind Ireland’s four provinces IrishCentral Staff @IrishCentral April 18, 2017 Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Ulster - each one has something special to offer.  WIKIMEDIA COMMONS That the four provinces of Ireland began as loosely bordered kingdoms is something of an afterthought to most tourists, but  each province  is rich in a history that unlocks and often predates the time of the High Kings’ reign. In modern times, the country has four provinces: Leinster in the east, Connacht in the west, Ulster in the north and Munster in the south. The Irish word for province "cĂşige" derives from the phrase "fifth part," a hat tip to the historical fifth province of Ireland where  Co. Meath  in Leinster is now. The majority of the province of Meath became part the county although more northern areas were integrated into Ulster counties.  Before the Norman invasion in 1169, these five provinces existed as loosely federated ...

The Irish Flag Flutters in Malaga City.

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The Irish Flag Flutters in Malaga City. Do you know the story behind the Irish flag? IrishCentral Staff @IrishCentral April 18, 2017   The Irish flag has a rich and interesting history. ISTOCK How much do you know about the flag that represents the Republic of Ireland? The Irish flag (Bratach na hÉireann) – also known as the Irish tricolor – was flown publicly for the first time during the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, on March 7, in Waterford City, at the Wolfe Tone Confederate Club. It was flown by Thomas Francis Meagher, then a leader of the Young Irelander movement, who would go down in history as  Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher of the Union Army  during the American Civil War. While here in the US Meagher is best remembered for his role as a General in the Union Army and Governor of what is now Montana, his impact on Irish history and patriotic pride was also immense. When Meagher  hung the tricolor in Waterf...

DFM - Dibujos Fuengirola Mijas

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Bella - Oil on canvas. Espiritu de Espana - oi on canvas. J53 - James Joyce. XV.IV.MMXVII. Watercolour 76 x 56 cm. Joyce at the Door - oil on canvas. 18.04.2017 at Parc AndalucĂ­a, Las Lagunas.

Dublin Joycean Images 2017

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Dublin Joycean Images 2017 Closing lines of Ulysses Opening lines Ulysses Abstract head james Joyce Bloomsday re-enacted Closing lines Finnegans Wake Molly on the Chamber Pot Mr Bloom

Prints of Artworks available

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Prints available. Roger Cummiskey: Artist Website Roger from Sandymount, Dublin, in Ireland is a full time painter who now is living between Dublin and Malaga, southern Spain. More Information: If you would like to know more about Roger or any of the work displayed on this website please... ROGER-CUMMISKEY.PIXELS.COM