The great Ernie O'Malley was born on this date.
As a memorist of the revolution, he was second to none. John McGahern described 'On Another Man's Wound' as "the one classic work to have emerged" from it all. A fascinating life.
Absolutely magical. Handel's Messiah on Dublin's Fishamble Street this lunchtime, 284 years after it was first performed. Proinnsías Ó Duinn, 85 years young conducting, a living legend.
The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.
♦️Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote
🎨 Picasso
“You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.”
- Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek