Posted by kristenmccann on June 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Barrie Maguire Painting is always stressful, but painting Seamus Heaney taught me the meaning of the word. All of my previous Irish Writer paintings, eleven of them, had been of deceased giants of Irish Literature, from Joyce to Yeats, from Synge to Shaw. They were all based on famous images, interpreted in any way [...]
Posted by kristenmccann on June 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dr. James J. Murphy Reflects on Irishness Past and Present An Interview by Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew Jim Murphy grew up in Brooklyn (Flatbush). As a child, he had a paper route, a home full of Irish songs and ballads, and a village’s worth of aunts, uncles, and cousins, in Brooklyn and beyond. Jim’s mother, Kathleen Sloyan, [...]
