Broadsides – A collection of bits and pieces
"Unprovided with original learning, uninformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a blog”
John LAVERY (1856-1941): High Treason 1916. Oil on canvas, 214 x 322 cms . The canvas is huge: ten feet by seven feet and it hangs at the foot of the great marble staircase within the King's Inns,Dublin where it dominates the descent of the Benchers as they process on their way to dine. It... Continue Reading →
One of the great purposes of this book, all eight hundred and ninety six pages of its slightly smaller than breeze block size, is to fall, with all its ponderous weight, upon the poorly sourced, idiosyncratic 64 page pamphlet of John de Courcy Ireland's The Sea and the Easter Rising. It does so with a... Continue Reading →
Broadsides - A collection of bits and pieces 