Posts Tagged ‘Celtic Life International’
The Great Famine marked Ireland forever
(In the December issue of Celtic Life International, I write about ranging around Ireland while exploring the many dimensions of the Irish famine.) It’s not all that far to Tipperary – not if you start in Kilkenny and make for the Famine Warhouse at the eastern edge of that song-famous county. We simply drove west…
Read MoreCoffin Ships carried refugees to Canada
(The October issue of Celtic Life International finds our hero writing of the Coffin Ships that brought famine victims to North America.) Last June, scientists confirmed the identification of the human remains found on the beach at Cap des Rosiers, Quebec. They had come from the 1847 shipwreck of the Carricks of Whitehaven, a famine…
Read MoreSt. Kilda evokes Flight of the Highlanders
The December issue of Celtic Life International features a gorgeous 3-page spread on a visit to the Scottish island of St. Kilda. We turned up in the vicinity while sailing with Adventure Canada earlier this year. A version of the article, which begins as below, will appear in a 2019 book to be published by Patrick Crean…
Read MoreVoyage around Scotland inspires Celtic Life spread on the Highland Clearances
The October issue of Celtic Life International features a gorgeous 3-page spread on the 1853 Highland Clearances at Knoydart. The writer — that would be moi — turned up in the vicinity by great good fortune while sailing with Adventure Canada earlier this year. A version of the article, which begins roughly as below, will…
Read MoreOpinionated? Moi? Q&A turns up in Celtic Life International
[The following is a shortened version of the original article.] Prolific, profound, witty, and opinionated, Canadian author Ken McGoogan made waves recently when he suggested that Canada adopt Scotland as a new territory. Celtic Life International recently spoke with the scribe about his Celtic connections. What are your own roots? My roots are Scottish,…
Read MoreOur Hero battles federal election AND the world’s indifference
Here we see Our Hero atop Spy Hill in Westport, Ontario. This is the morning after he had wonderful fun participating in the Westport Writers’ Festival. Our Guy looks to be leading a charge. Truth to tell, he sees himself as engaged in a two-front war. The first front is the usual one any writer…
Read MoreOur Hero is just some Joseph looking for love on Global TV
Our Hero looks a tad wary. Probably not a bad thing, given that, with the help of The Morning Show on Global TV, he was launching an air campaign. That’s how I have come to think of it, the media blitz that ensues — if you are lucky — with the publication of a…
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