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World Art
The World Art blog
contains a database of realist art from around the world. 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 (144 countries - Over 400 artists - Over 1500
drawings and paintings - Themed pages e.g. children, demonstrations etc. - Over
300,000 hits from 160 countries since inception of database in March 2010).
History of Swords,
Co Dublin
Swords / Sord Cholmcille: A Visual and
Textual History is an illustrated history of Swords, County Dublin, Ireland from
the 1790s to the present day compiled from my collection of historical photos
and engravings, my photos, and other sites. It also contains published articles
about Swords from the 1830s onwards. It is hoped it will be an invaluable aid to
individuals, schools and academic institutions who are interested in Swords
history and especially for the Irish diaspora who will remember the town from
different periods in the past.
Cryan/Crean/Crehan
Family history research using various
resources e.g. the National Library, National Archives, Registry of Births,
Marriages and Deaths, Registry of Deeds, Military Archives, internet websites
and local County Libraries
Irish Dances Simplified
The following dances are designed to reduce confusion and
keep the number of moves or figures to a bare minimum. The full versions can be
introduced later when the dancers have become familiar with the basics.
Food and Diet
A collection of resources and links relating to research on the Whole-Food,
Plant-Based Diet and Food Documentaries.
T. Colin Campbell's book,
The China Study,
examines the relationship between the consumption of animal products (including
dairy) and chronic illnesses such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and
cancers of the breast, prostate and bowel. The authors conclude that people who
eat a whole-food, plant-based/vegan diet—avoiding all animal products, including
beef, pork, poultry, fish, eggs, cheese and milk, and reducing their intake of
processed foods and refined carbohydrates—will escape, reduce or reverse the
development of numerous diseases. They write that "eating foods that contain any
cholesterol above 0 mg is unhealthy."
M. J. Quintana
Research into the life and work
of the Spanish poet and writer Manuel José Quintana y Lorenzo (April 11, 1772 -
March 11, 1857). Quintana was born at Madrid. After completing his studies at
Salamanca he was called to the bar. The first volume of his Vidas de
Españoles Célebres, containing lives of Spanish patriots, stirred the public
imagination and secured Quintana the post of secretary to the Cortes during the
French invasion. His proclamations and odes fanned the national enthusiasm into
flame. But he was ill rewarded for his services, for on the return of Ferdinand
VII he was imprisoned at Pamplona from 1814 to 1820. He was finally given a
small post in the civil service, became tutor to Queen Isabella II, and was
nominated senator. Though publicly crowned as the representative poet of Spain
(1855), he seems to have lived in poverty. Quintana died at the age of 84.
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