If you liked “Bruge” and “Calvary“, you will love this. If you are a fan of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, watch this. Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, with spectacular cinematography. (Thank you Susan)
Watch it.
February 19, 2022 by 19 Comments
Great movie. Great cinematography. Great music. Must watch. Thank you Susan.
Gloam·ing (n) twilight; dusk. Just One More Listen
June 30, 2016 by 15 Comments
Shelley Rainey: A beautifully relaxing album. Lie back, close your eyes and let the music wash over you.
Ian Cripps: Sometimes music stops you in your tracks, sometimes you have to listen, sometimes nothing else matters. Moments that stretch time…This is traditional Irish music played with emotion, with joy for the most part, with sadness occasionally, with beauty always…this is simply music that moves you…Twelve tracks, over an hour of listening but it’s not, you get to the end and hit play again. And again. And time passes, the day has gone and still you are mesmerized. At times reflective, haunting, peaceful, happy this album runs the full gambit of emotions. You don’t want it to end. It doesn’t have to. Just one more listen.
The The Gloaming’s second album can be found here: “2”
Source: Thank you Hammock Papers
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
March 17, 2016 by 17 Comments
Saoirse Una Ronan
February 28, 2016 by 4 Comments
She is the second youngest two-time Academy Award nominee in history receiving a Best Supporting Actress nomination in Atonement (2007) and a Best Actress nomination for her role in Brooklyn (2015). Saoirse Ronan, is a 21 year old Irish-American actress born in the Bronx, NY.
If you missed CBS Sunday Morning this morning, DON’T MISS Jane Pauley’s interview of Saoirse Una Ronan found at the video clip here:
CBS Sunday Morning: Saoirse Ronan, from screen to stage
JP: I remember reading that early fame is particularly challenging for young women.
SR: I’m not surprised that it affects young women more because there is more pressure not only for the superficial stuff – the way we look – the way we are all compared to each other – what we wear and how that’s compared to what someone else may wear on a red carpet for example, but even beyond that when it comes to success it’s almost something you have to be apologetic about.
It’s very weird to have your face plastered all over, even though I do get quite shy about that sort of stuff, there is something about seeing your name or your face attached to a Broadway theatre that makes you say, oh wow, this is a bit of a dream.
And don’t miss this video clip where Jane Pauley reads lines with Ronan:
Saoirse Ronan runs lines with Jane Pauley
Her other film roles include parts in The Lovely Bones (2009), Hanna (2011), The Way Back (2010), Byzantium (2012), The Host (2013), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
Let’s just say that this young lady is inspiring…
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Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me
March 17, 2015 by 16 Comments
May your gravity be lightened by grace
March 17, 2013 by 52 Comments
For Equilibrium, a Blessing:
Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,
May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul.As the wind loves to call things to dance,
May your gravity by lightened by grace.Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth,
May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect.As water takes whatever shape it is in,
So free may you be about who you become.As silence smiles on the other side of what’s said,
May your sense of irony bring perspective.As time remains free of all that it frames,
May your mind stay clear of all it names.May your prayer of listening deepen enough
to hear in the depths the laughter of god.”― John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
John O’Donohue (1 January 1956 – 4 January 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He was a native Irish speaker, and as an author is best known for popularizing Celtic spirituality. O’Donohue said: “Part of understanding the notion of Justice is to recognize the disproportions among which we live…it takes an awful lot of living with the powerless to really understand what it is like to be powerless, to have your voice, thoughts, ideas and concerns count for very little. We, who have been given much, whose voices can be heard, have a great duty and responsibility to make our voices heard with absolute integrity for those who are powerless.“
Sources: Image – Thank you Anake Goodall. O’Donohue Blessing: Good Reads. O’Donohue Bio: Wiki.
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