Lives Less OrdinaryThe people who talk about their lives in Lives Less Ordinary represent a creative, dissident Ireland. They are artists, writers, map makers, weavers, water diviners, teachers, environmentalists, farmers, wood cutters, gardeners, travellers and monks. Some continue ways of life that have existed for generations; others have chosen to live and work in ways that are experimental, exploratory, and always singular. The choices they have made prompt us to

becomes a monsignor and is tipped for a bishopric

‘Grattan’s Parliament’ has a permanent place in Irish historical lore

highlights the profound changes which have been wrought in a short time-span

underpin the writings of this chronicler and observer of Ireland’s recent past

Most of this literature has perished

other Orders within the Franciscan family

County Monaghan

the process of distillation and marketing strategies

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the Second World War was the most intense period of their lives – with horizons widened by grief

His mother and eleven-year-old brother Denis had made the grim journey from Armagh to be with him

Written over the past thirty years