Deirdre’s Diary
Toronto Launch of ’50 Irish Lives in Canada’
It was wonderful to make it to the launch of ‘Fifty Irish Lives in Canada’ edited by Mark McGowan & Eamonn McKee at University of Toronto with my Mum, brother Richard, school friend Carolyn & the legend that is Godfrey Jordan . What an honour to contribute...
Contributing Number 50 to Fifty Irish Lives in Canada
I was delighted to contribute the 50th, and last entry to "Fifty Irish Lives in Canada", about my dear late Dad. This new book, edited by Mark McGowan and Eamonn McKee, is being launched on December 3rd at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. I'm looking...
“Thomas MacGreevy and the Abbey Theatre Ballets” at Yeats 2025 Conference, Trinity College Dublin
I love Margaret Clarke's painting "Columbine Rests" (ca. 1923/1924) featuring a tired ballerina being serenaded by Pierrot. (It's also known as "Pierrot and Columbine"). It is very apt that Thomas McGreevy (as he was then known, without the additional "a") should...
“Lucia Joyce and Carl Jung” letter to the Irish Times, July 30th 2025
“Lucia Joyce in Paris” Bloomsday talk at the Alliance Française de Dublin
Merci to the French Embassy in Ireland for inviting me to present an illustrated talk entitled "Lucia Joyce in Paris" at the Alliance Française on Bloomsday this year. It was a delight to share the highlights of my month at Centre Culturel Irlandais, walking in...
Village Magazine Review of ‘Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity’; Merrion Square QR code for ‘In the Studio with Sculptor Danny Osborne’
At once alternative biography, dance history, veiled manifesto, literary essay and overdue work of scholarship, this is also a call to political arms.
Saint Lucia’s Day Book Launch at the James Joyce Centre!
Huge thanks to the James Joyce Centre - especially Director Darina Gallagher and Assistant Director Josh Newman - for hosting the launch of my book "Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity" on Saint Lucia's Day (December 13th), 2024! It was a magical lunchtime event by the fire...
Lucia Joyce Full Capacity Limited Edition Book is born!
A special limited edition book 'Lucia Joyce Full Capacity' has been born on time to celebrate and share the hidden artistic achievements of Lucia Anna Joyce on Saint Lucia's Day (December 13th) 2024! This was a day traditionally celebrated in the Joyce family with...
Pop-up ‘Brancusi Bird’ scene reading, and other Bloomsday perambulations…
As part of Bloomsday Festival at the James Joyce Centre, on Friday, June 14th, in an act of creative synergy that Joyce himself would be proud of, we did a pop-up scene reading from my play “Brancusi Bird”, by way of...
2024 Travels to Rue des Irlandais, and Ticino, Switzerland
I've been lucky enough lately to enjoy an inspiring artist residency at Centre Culturel, Irlandais, on Paris' rue des Irlandais for the month of April; and a spookily magical week in the Ticino, following in the footsteps of 1940s Irish-German Modern Dance pioneer...