Are you interested in joining a book club? Why not investigate your local library and start chatting to other readers, you never know what book you might be inspired to pick up. Athlone Children's Book Club - 5th November at 11.30am. This month's theme is Animals. Athlone Adult Book Club - 10th November at 6.30pm Moate […]
by Ian Kenneally ‘A thrill of horror’, according to the Westmeath Independent, ‘of shame, of despair, of the deepest distress went through the length and breadth of our land on Wednesday morning last when it was learned that General Michael Collins had been shot dead in Cork. Another great Irishman is gone; another great loss has […]
Ian Kenneally In the previous article, we explored the circumstances that led to the shooting dead of George Adamson in April 1922. Here, we look in more detail at the subsequent propaganda battle in which both pro- and anti-Treaty forces blamed each other for Adamson’s death. That propaganda battle began with, as discussed in the […]
The following Patchwork Poem comprises Lines from the work of Fintan O’Toole, a lover of music and of words, and frequent visitor to Athlone Library in his time. The poems in full can be read in the fourth Collection by the local Poetry Collective called “Poetry in the Park”, and this was published in 2018 […]
Orfhlaith Foyle is an intriguing Wordsmith – a Poet, Novelist, Playwright and Short Story writer. Orfhlaith was born in Nigeria to Irish parents. Around 1976 she came St. Peter’s N.S., Athlone. She made a gentle entrance, not knowing how to us she was quite exotic. Her life and career took her to numerous countries, ensuring […]
Submitted by Maitrayi Mondal - This photo was taken on the Athlone Bridge overlooking the Shannon at the advent of spring last year - just before COVID-19 locked us all in and away from these beautiful vistas.
Submitted by Aoife Duncan Medium: Expired 35mm film (Kodak Colour Plus Expired 2006) Date: December 2020 ''This photo was taken on my Dad's old Pentax K1000. He bought it when he was 21, his photos while travelling, my parents wedding and most of the childhood photos of me and my siblings were taken on this […]
Submitted by Denise Lawlor - Taken Dec 2020 off Google Pixel camera phone I feel this picture is unique for a couple of reasons - it was taken as I walked back home after shopping during our first ever Covid Christmas for one !! However, despite that, I find this picture really uplifting & cheerful […]
Do you feel that the routes you take for regular exercise are currently “On Repeat”? Well here is your opportunity to shake that up! With the “Fresh Eyes” project, you are being asked to observe, notice, admire; then capture what you loved in a photo. Whereas we get many days in February that aren’t sunny, […]
Do you feel that the routes you take for regular exercise are currently “On Repeat”? Well here is your opportunity to shake that up! With the “Fresh Eyes” project, you are being asked to observe, notice, admire; then capture what you loved in a photo. Of my local routes, the favourite I have chosen for […]