Once more a happy Pride Month to everyone under the rainbow. For the second time this month I returned to the capital, this time for Ireland's biggest Pride parade. This was my first time at Dublin Pride having attended Cork Pride for the last two years. Being part of this community has helped me to... Continue Reading →

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about"- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Who is your favourite writer? It is a fairly straightforward question. A scholar who has spent years of their life studying countless works by dozens of authors... Continue Reading →

Good evening folks (or whenever you are reading this, I'm a night owl). Just in case the title didn't do its job, this is a little progress report on how my thesis is going. We are entering into the last week of June (wow!) and I am pleased to say I am keeping on schedule.... Continue Reading →

James Joyce's magnum opus Ulysses is famous for its length and difficulty, yet all the events of the book play out over the course of a single day, June 16th. That date is now celebrated around the world as "Bloomsday" (named in honor of the main character Leopold Bloom) and is particularly embraced by lovers... Continue Reading →

The short answer is "Yes, quite a few" but these blog posts would be a lot more frequent if the short answers were good enough. (Side note: I plan on posting at least once a week). Today, many students like myself go straight into postgraduate study upon finishing their undergraduate degrees and others often intend... Continue Reading →

Hello, Dia duit, Bonjour and the rest of those wonderful salutations folks! My name is Darragh, I'm a grad student at University College Cork currently working on my Masters thesis. I study English Literature having graduated in 2018 with my BA and chose to remain at my alma mater for one more year to complete... Continue Reading →

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton