by Orna Ross | Jul 21, 2021 | FICTION |
Like all young women of her class and time, Maud Gonne was raised to have a wide variety of accomplishments—singing, acting, writing, painting and more. Her pictures have appeared widely and a short while ago, a rare piece of creative writing surfaced. “A Life's...
by Orna Ross | Jul 9, 2021 | FICTION |
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in Dublin, and the three characters we first met in Her Secret Rose are deeply unsettled. The world famous poet, WB Yeats, “having come to 50 years” has decided...
by Orna Ross | Jul 8, 2021 | FICTION |
The best poetry reading I ever attended took place at the Abbey Theatre in 1992. Reading this Irish Times article Irish Women's Poetry: Making and Remaking History by Ailbhe Darcy took me back there. “Women poets have always done crucial work in our national...
by Orna Ross | Jul 3, 2021 | FICTION |
I am a member of the Yeats Society Sligo and horrified to hear from Director Susan O’Keeffe today that its future is under threat. The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the society, which is now facing imminent closure. “We must raise €100,000 by August...
by Orna Ross | Jul 2, 2021 | FICTION |
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in Dublin, and the three characters we first met in Her Secret Rose are deeply unsettled. The world famous poet, WB Yeats, “having come to 50 years” has decided...
by Orna Ross | Jun 30, 2021 | FICTION |
The Guardian recently pondered whether Joe Biden's quoting of Yeats Easter Rising poem (“a terrible beauty is born) on his recent trip to Britain might mean the British special relationship is less special to this Irish American POTUS....