by Orna Ross | Feb 28, 2025 | The Rest |
A Creative Retreat in an Extraordinary Setting We are thrilled to welcome you to the Creative Retreat at Rossnaree House, a magnificent country house, working farm, and artist’s studio steeped in history, art, and creative inspiration. Set on a 200-acre estate,...
by Shanaya Wagh | Feb 21, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
“The Mothers Who Never Forgot:” An Online Talk by Dr. Margaret Ward + Q&A On February 26, 2025, acclaimed historian Dr. Margaret Ward, author of Unmanageable Revolutionaries and Maud Gonne’s biographer, will give a presentation, followed by a Q&A. She'll...
by Orna Ross | Feb 19, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, The Rest |
Big social media news this week — Orna Ross Publications is moving to Pinterest I’m moving away from Facebook and Instagram due to Zuckerberg’s recent elimination of fact-checkers and general Trumpery. (I left X when Elon Musk bought it). It's been a difficult...
by Shanaya Wagh | Feb 17, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
Any future tour guide stopping at a statue of Gonne would have to devote considerable time to do justice to her complexity and robustness. Given the paucity of memorials to women adorning our capital, it would surely be a worthwhile addition. Diarmaid Ferriter says in...
by Orna Ross | Feb 16, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
Yes, Valentine’s Day is over—-but we all know love isn’t something to chuck away with the paper card. So here’s a poem to keep the love going–to remind us that we are not accidents, but offerings. My Only Answer: A Poem Don’t tell me you are just an accident who...