Carnsore Point: Ireland Goes Nuclear
In 1977 Fianna Fáil Minister for Industry and Commerce, Desmond O’Malley, announced the government’s intention…
Author Garreth Byrne
Garreth Byrne
Garreth Byrne lived in Zambia, Tanzania & Malawi for more than 12 years. He taught English, promoted school agriculture and for two years promoted rural development with the aid agency Gorta in Tanzania. He has also worked in China, Oman and parts of Ireland. He now spends a busy retirement in North Leitrim, which has exotic charms that equal anywhere.
Zambia: Literature through English
I spent a number of years in Zambia, in the early seventies, the mid-seventies and…
The Comics of Yesteryear
Most people whose Irish childhood was spent between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s wistfully remember the…
Local Government Falls Short
Long ago I read a wry assertion that local government in Ireland is ‘central government…
Recalling World Sculpture Park Changchun
I spent four years teaching English in Changchun, a city of six million people in…
Leitrim’s Glass Half-Full
In a recent article Frank Armstrong traces the historic decline in the population of Leitrim,…
Vanishing Ireland: Taking the Waters
Today bottled spring water is an everyday drink, and sales run into the billions every…
Spent Batteries
The shop sign was in a Youghal side street, and it said Afro Crafts and…
Inside China: What My Students Knew about European Culture
Up to my retirement several years ago I taught spoken English at an agricultural university…