Cassandra Voices In association with The Loopline Collection, we are introducing a free documentary film every week during this period of social isolation for you to enjoy. For this St. Patrick’s night we bring you Sé Merry Doyle’s intimate portrait of the poet Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967): ‘Patrick Kavanagh – No Man’s Fool’. Kavanagh’s best-known works include the … Read more
Over the past two years Cassandra Voices has published over three-hundred-and-fifty articles online, from more than one hundred global contributors. We have also published two in-depth magazines to widespread acclaim. This has brought an enthusiastic following both in Ireland and abroad. We are excited to share the news that our next magazine will be on … Read more
Congolese composer, guitarist, and singer Niwel Tsumbu has just released a video for ‘Words of Wisdom’ with Éamonn Cagney — and you can check it out below. This new track features Tsumbu on guitar, percussionist Cagney, violinist Cora Venus Lunny, as well as a host of sampled voices. The composer describes his intention with the … Read more
We sent twenty questions to Maverick film maker Bob Quinn who published ten excerpts of his memoir A Monk Manqué with us last year. The featured image is of Bob Quinn meeting Colonel Ghaddafi in 1988 from one episode that can be viewed here. What advice would you have for your eighteen-year-old self if you … Read more
The CASSANDRA VOICES MAGAZINE CHRISTMAS GATHERING will take place at TAILORS’ HALL, Back Lane, Dublin 8, on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13th from 8PM. Tailors’ Hall is the oldest surviving Guild Hall in Dublin, and has been at the heart of the city’s cultural life for over three hundred years. Fittingly, this was a meeting place of … Read more
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”60″ gal_title=”Featured Artist of the month: Doireann Ni Ghrioghair”] There is many a country that has decided to establish a capital city with grandeur, efficiency and unity of the central government. In ancient times, urban planning was pursued in Egypt, in a large number of cities in China, Greece and Rome. There are examples … Read more
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In a press release, the ‘Dublin Commuter Coalition’ has described proposals for electric vehicles to be permitted to use bus lanes[i] as a ‘slap in the face to bus users.’ This demonstrates, they claim: ‘a stunning lack of respect for overstretched users of sustainable transport.’ The civil society organisation reject: [I]n the strongest possible terms, … Read more
This second volume was launched in Dublin in June, bringing together an array of writers, poets and photographers from Ireland, and beyond. These include legendary filmmaker Bob Quinn (pictured on the cover), who recalls an extraordinary meeting with Muammar Gaddafi in 1988; the celebrated poet Micheal O’Siadhail who reflects on his new home in Manhattan; … Read more
Cassandra’s Cultural Roundabout is a light-hearted take on the cultural scene of Dublin and beyond, containing the odd acerbic note. Make Merry We know precisely how fine a documentary film maker Sé Merry Doyle is from our experience working with him on his short film, ‘Cassandra Voices – the Hard Copy.’ Sé put two chronically … Read more