By Eoin Meegan Joan Keogh is an artist of high standing and a long-time D4 resident. She recalls how at one time she would travel each summer from her home in Sandymount to Connemara and the West of Ireland for […]
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And the cow jumped over the Moon by Kathrin Kobus. Writing competitions often use a prompt to encourage people with an interest in writing stories to get going. It can be a phrase, quotation or just a single word. Brid […]
Read more →By Eoin Meegan Judith McAdam is a Reiki healer, kinesiologist and theologian, whose new book The Source charts her own spiritual journey, as well as laying a path for anyone who wishes to achieve greater freedom in their lives. “Everything […]
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By Peter McNamara The annual Yeats Day celebration took place in Sandymount Green on June 13th. Organised by Anthony Jordan, the focus of this year’s event is Major Robert Gregory, the son of Lady Augusta Gregory. This year marks the […]
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David Prendeville Last week, The Lir Academy, as well as a number of other Dublin and Irish-based theatre companies launched their plan to tackle gender inequality in the industry. The policy is described as “The Lir’s commitment to maintaining gender […]
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By Beibhinn Byrne To celebrate National Heritage week 2018, Donnybrook Tidy Towns with thanks to support from Dublin City Council presents the Beaver Row Players led by Glenda Cimino in a journey or more accurately a romp through Donnybrook’s history. Presented through story, drama […]
Read more →By Kathrin Kobus To celebrate Yeats’s birthday on June 13th there will be a poetry recital on Sandymount Green. The focus this year is on Lady Gregory’s son Robert on the centenary of his passing. This is the […]
Read more →by Paul Carton Between the months of April and June, the Mexican Embassy on Raglan road hosted an art exhibition. Colores de Mexico showcases over 25 artists from the homeland and was open to the general public at the embassy. […]
Read more →By Kathrin Kobus 1956 7.1.1956 Cleaned out gripe at the hayshed and stone path where the manure would be cleaned out from the byre. Snow at night time. 8.1 1956 Freezing all day Sunday and during night time. 9.1.1956 A lot […]
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By Eoin Meegan One of the little unknown gems of Donnybrook is an ancient cemetery, situated on Morehampton Road, beside the Garda Station, opposite Arthur Maine’s pub. The cemetery dates back to 800 AD and was the final resting place […]
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