Every great and powerful empire falls. History has shown it to be as inevitable and cyclical as the tides of our oceans and shifting sands beneath our seas. Take some of the largest or most enduring: the Romans; the Ottomans; the Chinese Ming Dynasty; the Persians; the Romanov Tsarist Dynasty; […]
History & Folklore
Jessie Buckley has recently entered the hallowed pantheon of great Irish actors. Victory in the 2026 Oscars, in one of the blue ribbon events that is best leading actress, was achieved by her empathetic performance as Shakespeare’s wife, in the movie ‘Hamnet’. She is now occupying that rarefied place, up […]
An archaeological survey at Cape Evans, Antartica, has uncovered a ski pole belonging to explorer and Courtmacsherry native Patrick Keohane. As reported in The Explorer Newsletter, the remarkable discovery was made by archaeologist Emma St Pierre. The ski pole has Keohane’s hand-carved initials on them. Born at Barry’s Point just […]
