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This blog contains articles on culture as well as a database of Realist and Social Realist art from around the world by Irish artist Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin. These paintings can be viewed country by country by clicking on the list of countries and themes down the right-hand side of the blog. The artwork of Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, consisting of cityscapes of Dublin, images based on Irish history and other work with social/political themes, can be seen at www.gaelart.net.

Friday, August 16, 2019

Romanticism and Literature: Serving Human Liberty?

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“Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast. Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted trave...

Romanticism and Music: The Conversion of Music into a Mass Narcotic on a Global Scale

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“ Narcotic : drug that produces analgesia (pain relief), narcosis (state of stupor or sleep), and addiction (physical dependence on the dr...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

From Enlightenment to “Enfrightenment”: Romanticism as a Tool for Elite Agendas

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Introduction Romanticism is an eighteenth century artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement which emerged as a reaction to E...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

The Catholic Church and the Constitution

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The political aspect of the 1937 Bunreacht na hÉireann or Constitution of Ireland is usually avoided in analytical writings on the cons...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Notes on Using Your Name in Gaelic

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In Ireland using your name in Gaelic produces discussion and even difficulties of pronunciation despite the fact that Gaelic is compulsory...
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