For today - there was nothing in particular. Well, Cultureseekers had another weekly quiz, but this one was guessing the UK town or city from a photo, which I'd have been hopeless at, so I skipped it. Sure enough, looking at the answers (which the organiser always posts online afterwards), I have never visited most of them, and there's one I never even heard of! The rest of what was happening this afternoon was in person - and there's no heading back to the UK for me yet, not with the Indian variant of Coronavirus making both Irish and UK governments nervous.
But there was a hole in programming, when the only thing worth watching was one I'd already seen. So, back to the excellent St. Patrick's Festival website, and next up was a documentary entitled Who Is Mister O' Kelly? A documentary about a chap by the name of Seumas O' Kelly, a writer from Loughrea, Co. Galway.
Begorrah, a peculiar little film this is! You'd know they're from Galway.. Far from being your standard artistic documentary, this thing bobs and weaves, switches focus.. at one point, the person behind the camera loses interest in the person he's interviewing, in favour of focusing on the conversation taking place to the side, about someone who just ran into an old friend.. another scene has someone discussing old legends.. You know, it's quite enjoyable! Watch, immerse yourself in the natural madness. I blame the radon, myself.
And so, on to a three-part series of video chats among three feminist historians on the subject of Jenny Wyse Power. I'd never heard of her, but she sounds like quite a power-house (no pun intended), a Dublin nationalist, suffragist, and trade union organiser at the turn of the 20th century. This first episode takes her story up to 1913 - Episode 2 (1914 - 21) should be interesting, as things het up with wars and revolutions..
This evening, I'll be watching the Eurovision. Ah, we'd only miss it if it wasn't there - like last year!
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