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`Milestones of the Century' a good read

... littered with some fascinating snippets of information. For instance, dealing with the year 1902, there is a reference to Maud Gonne Macßride laying the foundation stone for the Pikeman Memorial in Denny Street, Tralee. John Moriarty of Tralee won Ireland's ...

Published: Friday 28 January 2000
Newspaper: Kerryman
County: Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 450 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

Bid to save Yeats' house

... References to the house are even made in some of his poems. Riversdale House is also where Yeats had his last meeting with Maud Gonne. I think it's awful that a house like this could be battered down to make room for apartments, said Sean Mullarney from ...

Published: Tuesday 01 February 2000
Newspaper: Evening Herald (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

of a gunman

... action by the poetry and plays of the Literary Revival, the new volunteers find few champions in the literary establishment. Gonne in the part of a withered hag who would only walk again like a radiant young Queen if young men were willing to kill and die ...

Published: Friday 04 February 2000
Newspaper: Evening Herald (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 323 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

New national agreement still not absolutely sealed

... temptation in an old house/ where nothing stirs but a mouse. In 1938, Riversdale saw the last meeting between Yeats and Maud Gonne which in itself may be justification enough to preserve the rambling house. Structurally sound, it was inhabited until recently ...

Published: Sunday 06 February 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 893 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

of revelation Whenever I Think Of Francis Stuart

... constantly undermined by indecision, confusion, farcical conjunctions that could not be foreseen. Through his marriage to Maud Gonne's daughter he becomes a combatant in the Civil War. He soon comes to dislike the assumptions by which most of his associates ...

Published: Sunday 06 February 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1326 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Obituaries Francis Stuart

... his peers by celebrating-“ The Bol‘shevik Revolution”. At the age of 18he met the 25-year-old Isault Gonne Mécßride, daughter of Yeats's beloved Maude Gunne. ‘Her- nominal; father was. the ‘1916, martyr : John Macßride, ‘who fought for:the Boers in South ...

Published: Monday 07 February 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 891 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Yeats' home saved from the developers

... Plato's ghost, 'What then?'. And in late summer 1938. Riversdale was the setting for the last meeting between Yeats and Maud Gonne. The house which is situated on the banks of the Owendoher Rive is structurally sound and was inhabited until recently. ...

Published: Monday 14 February 2000
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 518 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

GREENE AT LARGE: A hint of tranquillity in his biter years

... the existing photographs do little to support this view. (Think of the square-faced Zelda Fitzgerald and Yeats's angular Maud Gonne). At least two of Graham Greene's other mistresses, the Swedish actress Anita Bjork (for whom he bought a house) and Jocelyn ...

Published: Sunday 20 February 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 521 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

The 1916 Rising: the female

... the work put in by their female relatives is often ignored. Constance Markievicz is well remembered for her activities but Maud Gonne, Aine Ceannt, Kathleen Clarke, Muriel MacDonagh and Nora and Ina Connolly also played important roles in the struggle for ...

Published: Sunday 27 February 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 302 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

'I loved Joe Plunkett and he loved me, He gave his life to set Ireland free' STRANGE how the woman

... Markievicz and Maud Gonne. Mrs Dryhurst had a collection of costumes in which she would dress her girls, and Sinn Fein's offices in Harcourt Street were turned into a flower garden when they appeared there, - In 1910. James Connolly asked Maud Gonne and the ...

Published: Sunday 27 February 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 318 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

Miscellaneous

... International Sat. Thanks for the fantastic fun and to hear your lovely, lilting. listing, voice. A haze pervades: Kltzbuhl. Maud Gonne, your sisters and your unbelievably pretty face. Drink again same place 2002. Koilh, Big Fun Company Ltd. small: blisfu ...

Published: Monday 28 February 2000
Newspaper: Evening Herald (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 286 | Page: 41 | Tags: none

Miscellaneous

... International Sat. Thanks for the fantastic fun and to hear your lovely. lilting. lisping. vole. A haze pervades; Kltzbuhl. Maud Gonne. your sisters and unbelievably pretty face. D k again same place 2002. . Big Fun Company Ltd. lETWORK CLIP.. badminton. ...

Published: Wednesday 01 March 2000
Newspaper: Evening Herald (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 537 | Page: 55 | Tags: none