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Aug 14, 20214 min read

Aug 13 James Joyce, Faith and Ulysees

We travel to 1903 Dublin , Ireland were the Irish novelist and poet, James Joyce returned to Ireland from studies in Paris when his...

May 15, 20215 min read

May 16 Did Brendan discover N. America 1000 years before Columbus?

A book known as Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis (Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot) full of exploration, religious symbolism, and...

May 10, 20213 min read

May 11 Irish Monasticism

Today we mark the death of Comgall in the 7th Century and the birth of Irish Monasticism which developed some important distinctive...

Mar 11, 20213 min read

Mar 12 George Berkley, Philosophy and America

Today in Ireland in 1685 Anglican bishop and philosopher George Berkeley was born. His philosophy is sometimes referred to as idealism...

Jan 31, 20215 min read

Jan 30 - Cromwell and the day of two Executions

Today in 1661 the puritan, Oliver Cromwell, and former Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, was ritually executed more than two...

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