New short essays:

The Bells of St Nicholas - a poem by Gerald Dawe

The Queen Elizabeths by Alan Titley

Three Men and a Boat by Gerry Moran

Mapping by Mary O'Malley 

Ethel Voynich by Alannah Hopkin

On Patrick Street - a poem by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Mickey Finn's Air - a poem by Gerald Dawe

Music:

Moving on performed by Denis Carey (piano) and Kenneth Rice (violin)

Bourée from Lute Suite No 1 by JS Bach performed by Redmond O'Toole

Allegro Marcato by Frank Bridge performed by the RTÉ Vanburgh Quartet

In Praise of the Dwyers performed by Peadar Ó Riada, Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh and Martin Hayes

The Romance from the Gadfly by Shostakovich performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly with solist Alexander Kerr (violin)

Martha by Tom Waits