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J_Georgeson26: Sac State bound Cowen Meyer rips an RBI double off the wall in dead center that scores Daniel Corkery. Hillmen lead 1-0 in the bottom of the first and are still threatening.

RealPMurphy: Born in Macroom on this day 150 years ago: Playwright T.C Murray. He co-founded the Cork Dramatic Society with Daniel Corkery & Terence MacSwiney. A realist who wrote about rural Irish life, he won bronze at the 1924 Paris Olympics in the Arts Competition for his play Birthright.

dan_corkery: ‘They call him “Messi” but that shot was beautiful’ — Daniel Corkery

noonofday: "Also bring them to The Aristocrats." Card found inside a 1925 edition of Daniel Corkery's 'Hidden Ireland':

nemoloris: Daniel Corkery longed for an improved version of Burns which he could enjoy in the spirit of Alec Guinness’s parson from Kind Hearts and Coronets, whose west window reminded him of ‘all the exuberance of Chaucer without, happily, any of the concomitant crudities of his period.’

PangurBn10: Individuals such as Daniel Corkery apart, the intellectual class continued to see the world and Ireland largely through the English looking-glass.”

dan_corkery: “DANIEL, it’s Nancy Pelosi. I can’t believe me eyes. We’ve lost a right proper bird today. Can you chip in 15 quid..”

PangurBn10: They use to do sculpture and other art competitions at the Tailteann Games Can’t find the winners of 1924 one but the guy who got bronze also made this sculpture of Daniel Corkery

ConalCreedon: Creedon's Inchigeela Was rocking tonight for the Daniel Corkery School. Full house for the lecture - thanks cousin Joe. Meanwhile Stand-up Comedy had them rolling in the isles out the back. Always so special to be among my own. Tx Cx

ConalCreedon: The Daniel Corkery Summer School – 30th Anniversary Creedon's Hotel Inchigeela - Friday Aug 5th - 9.00pm Art Imitating Life Imitating Death - [An exploration of Frank O'Connor's - Guests of the Nation] Always delighted to be among my own in Inchigeela.

markaholan: American journalist Samuel Duff McCoy (T/R) privately promoted Irish writers James Stephens (B/R) and Daniel Corkery during 1921 trips to Ireland. McCoy referenced both in his 1922 newspaper series about the end of the Irish war. See

FitzhughUlick: Daniel Corkery captures the texture and tone of those few remaining Gaelic Catholic big houses in the 18th century. Mostly located at the periphery of Ireland, Dublin authorities were ignorant of their existence, and hence they weren't subject to the usual repression.

FitzhughUlick: Daniel Corkery skewers West Brits/Douth Dublin Newstalk listeners. He anticipated, and responded to, the derivative, faux-joycean line of "let's fly past the nets of nationality, religion and language" that the aforesaid cretins can't help but indulge in.

RealtNaMaraCLG: No winner of this evening's club lotto jackpot of €9,900. Winning numbers: 11, 13, 26, 29 Four €40 prize winners: * Bridie O’Sullivan, Garrane West * Kisha Carroll, online ticket * Frankie Corkery, Ballycleave * Daniel John O’Sullivan, Lonhart Next jackpot is: €10,000

legacy_irish: I will follow the beloved among heroes to the grave, Those princes under whom were my ancestors before the death of Christ.' His thoughts were all with the past, as befitted one who was writing the elegy of the Gaelic race." - Daniel Corkery, Hidden Ireland 2/2

mytholder: 41. THE EYES OF THE DEAD, Daniel Corkery. Survivor of a famous shipwreck returns home a broken shell of his former self; later, another shipwreck brings another traumatised sailor to the village.

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johnstonglenn: Across Mr Kiely’s [Modern Irish Fiction: A Critique] falls the influence of two writers, one a Corkman, the other a Dubliner; one seldom saluted for his worth, the other continually and tiresomely celebrated, and the writers are Daniel Corkery and James Joyce. - Francis MacManus

CunneenKeith: I guess you could say Daniel Corkery was limited or provincial especially when he got older & the State paid him off with money for a car and such but he was still a great writer. That feeling you get of something beyond liliputian Cork , something lost . It resonates .

CunneenKeith: This is funny In the bio I am reading Daniel Corkery is recorded meeting Padraig Pearce at Corks "The Lough" in Feb 1913 PP states DCs mother reminds him of his own and casually observes "that eyesore should be filled in" Page 49. PP was a Norrie at heart it seems.. Ha ha ha

CunneenKeith: Now reading this superb biography of Daniel Corkery . The authors sense of place & time is astounding .

CunneenKeith: My first Daniel Corkery book back in the day . It sort of rocked me out of my modernist slumber. A lovely collection of short stories. A man now eliminated from Irish history despite the fact he was the most influential writer of the rebellion in Munster.

johnstonglenn: Sean O'Faolain reviewed Synge and Anglo-Irish literature for TS Eliot's Criterion in October 1931. He questioned author Daniel Corkery's narrow nationalism: "Is a garden party in the Viceregal lodge not a piece of Ireland...or an Irish Jew frying kidneys for his wife's breakfast"

CunneenKeith: "Ireland is the terrain of the common enemy,ruled by deputies of deputies of deputies & sunk so deep in filth & beggary that its people have been thrust as torrid & degraded pariah should,beyond the household of the law" Daniel Corkery on foreign corporatist control of Ireland.

DBruadair: Prof. Daniel Corkery expresses his hope for the future of Irish in 1924. Preface to the "Hidden Ireland"

Adamc0leman: "Joyce wasn’t remotely troubled, as Daniel Corkery was, by the thought that writing in the coloniser’s language was a problem; on the contrary, he usually gives the impression that English had been twiddling its thumbs waiting for him to come along and make something of it.

johndwalsh: Daniel Corkery Appreciation by Dan Donovan

DBruadair: Daniel Corkery on the Irish of the Penal Period. Despite the degradation imposed on them, they refused to renounce their Faith and nationality, maintaining a consciousness of the great civilisation their race had once built.

gifthorsetheatr: Meet the Twelfth Night cast! Pictured left to right: Ciara Berkeley, Kate Brosnan, Fiachra Liam Corkery, Daniel Hickey, Elishka Lane, Signe Lury, Cian Malin and Richard Neville - don't miss this stellar cast - ticket link in bio!

legacy_irish: The book in the image above is available for free on the Internet Archive:

_IDFOC: A date for the diary: IDFOC webinar with Daniel Keohane on EU Defence Policy - lessons learned from practice on Thurs, 4 Mar, at 19.30hrs.

thepainterflynn: Today in 1878 Daniel Corkery, writer, critic and Irish cultural enthusiast, is born in Cork

johnson_carrie: FBI Director Chris Wray identifies agents slain in the line of duty as Daniel Alfin & Laura Schwartzenberger, says they "exemplified heroism today in defense of their country. The FBI will always honor their ultimate sacrifice & will be forever grateful for their bravery."

BillHolohanSolr: Check out my latest article: The Hidden Ireland by Daniel Corkery a study of the poetry of the 18th century Irish-language was published 96 years ago today on 24 January 1925.

dedalusdenaries: Following the British model, I am going to change my name to Daniel Corkery to get to the front of the vaccination queue.

LoveTheLuny1: Ghost Story of the day. The Eyes of the Dead, by Daniel Corkery

BillHolohanSolr: carvings of statues, gravestones, monuments & plaques can be seen around Cork & Ireland, including a signed panel of the four evangelists outside the entrance of the church of Our Lady & Saint John in Carrigaline, Co. Cork.

tristianfoley: If it wasn’t for the drink and the woman Aaron o brien and Jamie Corkery would be lining out for the glen on Sunday

MashiRafael: Austerity is killing Ecuador. The IMF must help end this disaster | Allison Corkery, Andrés Chiriboga-Tejada, Jayati Ghosh and Adrian Falco | Opinion | The Guardian

nemoloris: Is the contemporary academic version of Pangur Bán inserting the caption ‘You cheeky little parasite, how dare you, you have ruined the evening’ on a screengrab of Ted the cat interrupting your recording of a lecture about Daniel bloody Corkery.

abzeronow: 221. Irish author Daniel Corkery (1878-1964) had a 1924/1925 book called Hidden Ireland which discussed 18th Century Irish poetry. It would become influential.

Adrian_Dalby: Peak Practice S4/E3 12/3/96 Simon Shepherd, Saskia Wickham, Gary Mavers, Shelagh McLeod, Glyn Owen, Daniel Casey, Elisabeth Sladen, Veronica Roberts, Esther Coles, Hazel Ellerby, Richard Platt, Sophie Walker, Stephanie Woodcraft, James Kerr, Sukie Smith, Kate Corkery Drama 3.20pm

JP_Mc_C: "One time long ago Daniel Corkery taught me and he asked us, 'when man goes to the moon, how will people react?' And we all gave stupid answers, I can't remember what. And he said, 'They will think more and more about their own little parish'."

LiBaoscompanion: Did you also take a look at Daniel J. Corkery School? That's a striking building. I looked around on Google Streetview and at the back of the building, on 25th Street, there's a bright pink house.

JoeDugg: Thank you - a strong trigger for that came from this 1924 book by Daniel Corkery - academic historians might critique it a bit but it gives a fascinating insight into the bardic process... like a very effective immersive writing workshop process .....

thepainterflynn: Today in 1878 Daniel Corkery, writer, critic and Irish cultural enthusiast, is born in Cork

SwimDavidson: UPDATE: More Wildcat winners 3M diving: Daniel Valmassei, Liz Goei 200 breast: Sarah Helen Shepherd 500 free: Siena Senn, Crossan Cooper 100 fly: Shelby Stanley 200 back: Owen Corkery

RealPMurphy: Born on this day in 1873 - T.C Murray, Abbey Theatre playwright. Co-founder of Cork Little Theatre with Terence MacSwiney & Daniel Corkery. Olympic Bronze Medalist for Art in 1924 Paris Olympics! You may notice his birthplace as you sit in traffic in Macroom!

David_Chippa: 'extremists' it's risotto daniel

131Weeks: 2nd January 1920 Kilmurry, Cork The third Barracks attack takes place under command of Daniel Corkery. 20 Volunteers commenced attacking the heavily fortified barracks (below) in which five officers were stationed (below). Corkery ordered retreat after a sharp exchange of fire

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JMKAC: Join us in congratulating the 2020 Arts/Industry residents: Mimi Jung, Martha Poggioli, Woody De Othello, Alex Lukas, Rosemarie Fiore, Daniel Baird, Ryan Scails, Chotsani Dean, Harold Mendez, Kate Klingbeil, Elizabeth Corkery, Rebecca Belmore & Osvaldo Yero.

SwimDavidson: More Wildcat wins at ODU: Daniel Valmassei (1M diving) Owen Corkery (200 back) Siena Senn (500 free)

ConalCreedon: Daniel Corkery Summer School - 2019. Had a magical night in Inchigeela - The heartland of Creedon Country. Thanks to all who turned up at my keynote lecture on Michael O'Leary VC. – Such a memorable evening.

ConalCreedon: Daniel Corkery Summer School 2019. This is a short introduction to my lecture - The Immortal Deed of Michael O'Leary VC – which will be presented tomorrow evening at The Daniel Corkery Summer School – Creedon's Hotel – Inchigeela. ––––>

ConalCreedon: Daniel Corkery Summer School - 2019 Inchigeela - Sunday 21st.

ConalCreedon: Daniel Corkery Summer School- 2019. I'm looking forward to presenting my talk at the opening of this years Summer School. I can't imagine a more soulful place than Uibh Laoghaire - from The Gearagh, Inchigeela, Ballingeary, Gougane

ConalCreedon: Daniel Corkery Summer School 2019. I'm looking forward to presenting a lecture on Michael O'Leary VC. Link to : Irish Examiner Review of my book [Immortal Deed of Michael O'leary VC]

ConalCreedon: Daniel Corkery Summer School - 2019. I'll be presenting the opening lecture – on Michael O'Leary VC. Attached: Shanghai Daily Newspaper review of my book - The Immortal Deed of Michael O'Leary VC

ConalCreedon: Daniel Corkery Summer School 2019. Delighted to be presenting opening lecture this year - exploring the Life & Times of Michael O'Leary VC. Attached: Article about my book - The Immortal Deed of Michael O'leary VC - [Thanks Aisling Meath Southern Star]

SolfaCarlile: Excited to have a new choral piece premiered by Ex Ore Equi at the Daniel Corkery Summer School on 24th July, 8pm in Inchigeelagh, Cork. More info here:

kokucenneti: Daniel Corkery (Irish politician) Born: Cork, Ireland Date of birth: 1878-02-14

FemGeniuses: We would also like to congratulate the many Feminist & Gender Studies majors who earned awards today: Malone Caroline DeYoung (‘20), Mekael Daniel (‘20), Eloise Kelly (‘21), Hailey Corkery (‘20), and Susanna Penfield (‘21). We are so proud to know each and every one of you.

FemGeniuses: We would also like to congratulate the many Feminist & Gender Studies majors who earned awards today: Malone Caroline DeYoung (‘20), Mekael Daniel (‘20), Eloise Kelly (‘21), Hailey Corkery (‘20), and Susanna Penfield (‘21). We are so proud to know each and every one of you.

JesterNrx: "How will socialism affect Ireland? The rooted in the soil men will not have it; the only place to deal with it is...

KFestMusicArt: The wonderful Cork Artist Daniel Corkery diligently sits by his...

erskinechilders: Erskine Childers was in Reananerree w' Frank O'Connor & Daniel Corkery when Michael Collins died. Erskine's tribute...

CelticKirtan: Spending time in 18th century Ireland this weekend and don't have to leave the house. "The Hidden Ireland" by Daniel Corkery.

billcarslake: Ah it was so good. The Daniel Corkery Summer School: a gathering of heart, poetry, dance and Guinness

TyndallInstitut: John Tyndall gave a special guest lecture at the Daniel Corkery Summer School. Thanks Jack Healy for filling his sh...

wbhs_theatre: In addition, Julia Cicero, Genevieve Corkery, Owen Allen, Camille Claudio, Daniel Moses and Marissa Fairbanks won all sectionals awards!



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