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Irish Eclectic

By Brian McGowan

Irish Eclectic
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James Joyce: Ireland’s Greatest Export, Exile, Expatriate

June 7, 2022June 9, 2022 Examiner Media 248 Views 3 min read

By Brian McGowan It has been said that the greatest victory the Irish achieved in their long journey to nationhood was not on a battlefield but rather in their conquest of a foreign language that had been forced upon them

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Irish Eclectic
Irish Eclectic 

A Change of Seasons: Out With the Cold, in With the Warm

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Examiner Media 191 Views 3 min read

By Brian McGowan It’s been a while since we visited the Celtic calendar. Time for a refresher on where we currently stand within it. May 1, just recently past, marked the feast of Beltaine, one of the four major Celtic

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Irish Eclectic
Irish Eclectic 

Irish-American Writers: One Not So Obvious at First Glance

April 19, 2022May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 223 Views 3 min read

One truism of the virtual eradication of Ireland’s native tongue – a tragedy, given its beauty and eloquence – is that it gave the Irish another language to conquer. Conquer English they did, whether in Ireland or in any land

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Irish Eclectic
Irish Eclectic 

Saint Patrick: Where Do the Good Saint’s Bones Lay?

March 15, 2022May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 225 Views 3 min read

Quite soon, or thereafter – depending upon when the presses roll – we will close the books on our first full-fledged celebration of Saint Patrick since the COVID-19 pandemic fell upon us two years ago.  We will firmly sink a

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Irish Eclectic
Irish Eclectic 

A Stone By Any Other Name: Of Scone, or Innisfail, or Pretender?

February 22, 2022May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 216 Views 3 min read

By Brian McGowan More than a few things bond Ireland and Scotland, as more than a few articles in this column have suggested. A common indigenous tongue, a fierce sense of pride, dedication to the memory of a dethroned Stuart

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Irish Eclectic
Irish Eclectic 

Keep April 9 Open for the New York City Tartan Parade

January 25, 2022May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 299 Views 3 min read

By Brian McGowan Everyone knows the greatest parade in the world is New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. While unfortunately a casualty of COVID-19 restrictions for the past two years, New York’s annual homage to Ireland’s patron saint, and

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Irish Eclectic
Irish Eclectic 

Christmas and the Winter Solstice: Dusting off Tradition’s Roots

December 14, 2021May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 447 Views 3 min read

By Brian McGowan Ireland, long the most Catholic of countries, retains more than a trace of practices from times past. These are often revealed throughout the year on the occasion of Christian celebrations lightly pasted on top of earlier, pagan

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Irish Eclectic
Irish Eclectic 

Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast,’ a Tale of Innocence Stolen

November 30, 2021May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 680 Views 3 min read

By Brian McGowan Celebrating the slow but steady progress on the road to post-COVID normalcy, my wife and I happily sat through Kenneth Branagh’s semiautobiographical film “Belfast” on a recent Friday night at the Jacob Burns Film Center.  Astounding is

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Irish Eclectic
Irish Eclectic 

Paddy Moloney: A Giant Departs, Leaving a Rich Musical Heritage

November 16, 2021May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 638 Views 3 min read

By Brian McGowan A brief mention was made in the last issue of the passing of Paddy Moloney, co-founder and lead composer and arranger for the Irish musical group The Chieftains, along with a promise to do Paddy more justice

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Irish Eclectic
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Samhain: A Fitting Time to Reflect and Reconsider Roots

October 19, 2021October 20, 2021 Examiner Media 627 Views 3 min read

Before another word is read, a solid goodbye to a giant of Irish traditional music, Paddy Moloney, a founding member of The Chieftain, who left us on Oct. 11, a young 83. We’ll give him his full due in a

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