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Feb 28, 20232 min read
Banshees of Inisheeran: A Tale of Ireland tearing itself apart
Banshees of Inisheeran, directed by Martin McDonagh and starring Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan is set on a small...
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Aug 1, 20222 min read
Disasterpieces: masterpieces for our time.
A generous gathering turned up at the Garden of Reflection on Derry's Bishop Street recently to view Disasterpieces, the latest...
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Mar 9, 20221 min read
Sisters doing it for themselves in the art world of South Kerry
The weekend saw the opening of an exhibition of art by women artists in Kerry. The Buttermarket Gallery in Kenmare Co. Kerry was the...
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Jun 30, 20212 min read
Adam Nolan seeks to record new album
Adam Nolan is heading places and he's hoping to get the help of his many fans to get there. With a social media following nearly ready to...
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Jun 7, 20214 min read
Before the Cypress Broke - Reflections of Lebanon
Growing up in Ireland, knowledge of the Lebanon was nearly always based on Irish contribution to Irish peacekeeping missions. It was a...
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May 19, 20211 min read
West Wicklow Festival to light the way to Summer
West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival is due to start this week bringing the riches of wonderful artists to the region. What's more,...
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Apr 18, 20211 min read
Budding Screenwriters log on to Dublin Festival
Up and coming as well as established screenwriters are logging online for this years Dublin International Screenwriting Festival which,...
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Apr 6, 20212 min read
15th Waterford Film Festival Seeks Submissions
The fifteenth Waterford Film Festival is now open for submissions for films of various categories as well as scripts. This years festival...
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Apr 1, 20211 min read
Lovely Leitrim Invites audiences to get up and Dance!
Posted on Apr 2, 2021 by Culture Journal Ireland Monday sees the start of five days of energetic dancing as part of the Leitrim Dance...
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Mar 25, 20211 min read
Walled City comes alive with fantastic festival of music
Tonight sees the opening night of the Walled City Music Festival. Held over three days, this year; like so many other things the festival...
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Feb 28, 20212 min read
Tides Washes Away the Competition Yet Again
Tides, the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed film about the River Foyle in Derry has just achieved another international...
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Jan 21, 20212 min read
First Fortnight Starts your year off with a thought provoking programme
First Fortnight, a festival which aims to challenge the stigma and prejudices of mental health commenced last week; and better still...
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Nov 19, 20209 min read
Exhibitionist: Road to the RHA – Teaching us all how to appreciate life as art.
With over two thousand five hundred works submitted, of which only three hundred being submitted, the Royal Hibernian Academy’s annual...
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Nov 12, 20204 min read
Citizens of Boomtown; A Reminiscence for the rebels of Ireland
Bob Geldof is probably best known today for being responsible for helping to launch the careers of the likes of Chris Evens, Denise Van...
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Nov 12, 20202 min read
Dead Still: a subtly comic macabre delight
Set in 19th Century Dublin Dead Still first shown in Ireland during Halloween weekend, staring Michael Smiley as memorial photographer...
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Oct 12, 20205 min read
74 Days: Terence Swinney: A compelling account of the oldest of revolutionary acts.
Terence McSwiney was the Lord Mayor of Cork in 1920 when he was arrested by British crown forces on charges of sedition. 74 Days:Terence...
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Sep 30, 20202 min read
True North: Restoring Ormiston
Ormiston House is a rather ornate highlight on the otherwise ordinary landscape of Belfast. Lying on the outskirts of the East of the...
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Jul 31, 202010 min read
Once Upon a Time in Iraq - brilliantly told, absolutely compelling.
There was no one at home when the bombs dropped. My family were away on holiday and I was in England visiting friends when the invasion...
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Jul 3, 20202 min read
Marvelous: A Truly Human Story
Marvellous, staring Toby Jones is a truly human story about following your dreams and reaching beyond supposed limitation which...
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Jun 30, 20202 min read
Memories of 'The Press Gang'
At it’s height the Irish Press group of newspapers was one of the highest circulated newspapers in Ireland with a readership of 200,000,...
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